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Type: Champagne
Country: France
Region: Champagne
Code: GARD355
Made from only the best Premier Cru grapes from this vintage, this has a fabulous freshness of fruit.

Specification

Producer

Champagne Gardet

Gardet was established in 1895 by Charles Gardet in Epernay. In the 1930s, his son, Georges Gardet, continued the family tradition by moving to Chigny-les-Roses to develop the Champagne Gardet brand. It was sold to the Prieux family in 2007. The Prieuxs have invested in the business, but wisely retained the features of the style of wine made over the years, only slightly refining it to be a little more forward-drinking with more fruit freshness and balance. The house owns around 7 ha of premier cru vineyards around their home villages of Chigny-Les-Roses, Ludes and Rilly la Montage. The long tirage time and t...

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Tasting Notes

Soft, pink salmon in colour with orangey pink highlights. On the nose, there are floral aromas together with citrus notes of lemon and orange peel . A complex and delicate palate of berries, redcurrants, blackcurrants, blackberries, jam and stewed fruits all combine to create a beautifully graceful, harmonious and silk textured Champagne.

Food Matches

The magical match is salty, heady and fresh - duck with cranberries. The fruity accents in the body of the Champagne bring out the tartness of the sauce, giving rise to a superb dish.

Vinification

Saignée is a partial maceration technique authorised in Champagne to make pink-coloured wine. It consists of equal parts Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier from Premier Cru vines of Chigny-les-Roses, which are macerated together in concrete tanks. This is only for a maximum of 48 hours, followed by racking of the coloured juice. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation is carried out in stainless steel tanks and matured for 4 months before bottle ageing on lees for at least 6 years. A Dosage of 6 g/L is added made from the same wine and cane sugar. As with most of their range 3 months after disgorgement the Champagne is released.

Press Comments

Decanter Christmas 2022, Highly Recommended, Vintage Rose Champagne: “A very inviting nose and a palate that bursts with red fruit underlined by citrus notes. Supported by a brisk, tense acidity that carries the flavours on the finish. Perfect for Eton Mess!”

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