This champagne Blanc de blancs with low dosage (4g / L), shows very fine bubbles rising quickly in the glass. It shows a clear and fresh bouquet of lemons, limes and a hint of cumquat, joined by white peaches after a few minutes in the glass. Clear acidity on the palate, with tingling, well-integrated bubbles and surprising aromas of spices and dried flowers and a long, mineral, slightly salty finish. A champagne with a lot of crunchiness that leaves a pleasant, juicy aftertaste.

FOOD PAIRINGS FOR OMNIVORES: The slight saltiness of the wine immediately orientates me toward seafood and “maki”, this tasty sushi variation with Nori algae. Served for an aperitif you may simply join some appetizers of puff pastry and cheese, as well as blinis with salmon tartar.

• We believe in sustainable agriculture.
• Only grapes from our own vineyards are used to make the wines. They come from selected vineyards with an unique terroir.
• Through low yields and meticoulous quality control, we aim to produce tasty and healthy grapes.
• We have decided to ferment in steel tanks which preserves the purity and character of the fruit.
• Thanks to their naturally strong freshness and minerality, all wines do malolactic fermentation. This increases their aromatic diversity.
• After bottle fermentation, the wines mature for 4 to 8 years on the fine lees, according to the needs of the different cuvées and vintages.
• Dosage “Extra Brut”, what else?

The first bottle of champagne J.Vignier left our cellars for a journey to America in 2015! A small step for humanity, a great step for us. No less than 10 years of reflexion, vinification and patience preceded this journey.

This annual wine tasting, organized by the wine magazine VINUM, is less strict in its subject than the title may suggest and opens its doors to a few other appellations. This year, you will meet here Nathalie Vignier and Sebastian Nickel who offer their Champagne J.Vignier for tasting. Pure Chardonnay wines, from different areas of the Côte des Blancs and the Coteaux du Sézannais.

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Protected by forests and oriented to the northwest, the vineyard “Les Longues Verges” is divided by the border between the two Grand Cru villages Cramant and Chouilly. Its name originates from an old agricultural uni tof square measure, the “Verge”, covering an area of ​​1276 m2. In view of the topography and its orientation, the grapes ripen more slowly than in other terroirs and the natural yields of the vines are lower.

Made exclusively from Chardonnay grapes of this terroir, the LV is an exceptional and imposing wine. With impressive energy and minerality, it easily combines elegance and power, complexity and concentration, expressiveness and finesse. It requests all your attention, asks for respect and exuberance, demands for caviar, but also gets along with a piece of mature Parmesan cheese or a nightly thunderstorm above the roofs of New York.

“Reticent, mineral spice, a wine as if chiselled from a block of stone, straightforward, crystal clear, uncomplicated with a long green apple finish; a wonderful wine for connoisseurs, best enjoyed with food and fish. Magnificent.”

VINUM December 2016

A sincere, tasty champagne, made from Chardonnay and a blend of the 2010 and 2011 vintage. The nose is dominated by peach aromas, melon and a few fresh herbs, while fresh citrus aromas, crisp acidity, red currants and a handful of strawberries take over on the palate. A precise dosage conferes pleasant roundness and full-bodiedness. A champagne “blanc de blancs” without frills, which wikll entertain your taste buds for sure and will accompany your solemn and friendly moments with its lightness and cheerful character.

SUGGESTIONS FOR OMNIVORES: It likes canapes from fresh cheese and salmon (smoked or not), fish carpaccios, asparagus, cold-tipped terrines of vegetables, fish or poultry, as well as light lemon pastries.

“Garage wines - “vins de garage” - are wines produced with very high quality standards by very small wine-growing estates. Typically, garage wines are distinguished by low yields per hectare, high maturity and strict selection of the grapes, as well as, of course, naturally concentrated must.”
The term “Garage wine”was created in Saint-Emilion in the nineties to describe small, exclusive Cuvees, cultivated almost like gardens. If this definition is applied to the Champagne, it can be said without any doubt that the Clos l’Abbé of Hubert Soreau is an authentic “Garage champage”!

This wine is made of 100% Chardonnay in three different plots, with a total area of only half an acre south of Épernay. Moreover, two of the vineyards actually were gardens before, as witness the tulips and daffodils sprouting in the vineyards in spring. When fully ripe, grapes are pressed and the must is fermented in wooden vats from Hautvillers. Until the second fermentation in the bottle, the wine is not stored in a garage but in the cellar of Hubert’s wife Nathalie, a talented wine-maker that produces some champagne that look like jewellery under the brand Champagne J.Vignier in selected vineyards of the Côteaux du Sézannais and Côtes des Blancs. In spring the Clos l’Abbé is bottled to carry out the second fermentation under natural cork. It then rests for at least seven years on fine lees before being disgorged and hand-labeled.

In the glass, behind the glittering veil of fine, golden bubbles, an impressive, gradually evolving bouquet developes: citrus fruit, dried flowers, quince and ripe apples, hazelnuts and roasted aromas, a touch of smoke... In the mouth le Clos l’Abbé shows straight, mineral acidity, fine bubbles and a muscular body and an angelic smile. Not only champagne, but above all a very impressive wine, imposing and generous. Awesome!

“A reticent, spicy bouquet of green apple and starfruit, juicy on the palate with bite and spirit, crisp and long with stewed apple notes. Could still be left to age. A characterful champagne.” (Vinum December 2016 - 17 points)