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Deep and complex, with dried apricot, honey-baked apple, Meyer lemon curd and roasted Mirabelle plum, then honey, brioche, biscuit and toast, blanched almond and baking spice. Harmonious and fine on the palate, with real depth and a long finish.
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Close70% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay
Food pairings: An exceptional Champagne to serve with your finest dishes; try it with smoked duck breast.
Winemaking: A vintage cuvée from hand-harvested grapes, crafted to draw the best from each year's character. The Prestige Millésime ages at least eight years in the cellar before release, and the 2011 spent about nine years in bottle. It is dosed as a Brut, at around 7 g/L.
Vineyards and terroir: The grapes come from the best-exposed parcels the family owns in Bouzy, the Grand Cru village on the Montagne de Reims where the family has its roots. The estate manages its vines responsibly, is certified HVE and Sustainable Viticulture in Champagne (VDC) since 2019, and runs on solar energy and recovered rainwater.
Family and history: The Vesselle family has passed down the Champagne craft in Bouzy for more than three centuries. Jean Vesselle, an early independent récoltant-manipulant, first bottled Champagne under his own label in 1972 and in the 1970s also bought vines in Loches-sur-Ource in the Aube. His daughter Delphine took over in 1993 and now runs the estate with her husband David, whose family came from Chouilly. Delphine returned to fermenting in wooden barrels long before it was back in fashion, and she never blocks the malolactic fermentation.
In the pictures: Pinot Noir vines in the Grand Cru village of Bouzy at harvest time (photo: Megan Mallen, 2010, CC BY 2.0). The winegrowers' Saint-Vincent festival in the streets of Bouzy (photo: Gérald Garitan, 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0).
