Once occupied by Cistercian monks from Clairvaux Abbey, the seat of the House includes some magnificent 12th-century vaulted cellars. Moving on to the more recent past, the ancestral tree of the Drappier Family nevertheless has its roots in the 17th century, with the birth in 1604 of Rémy Drappier, who like Nicolas Ruinart becomes a cloth merchant in Reims. His grandson Nicolas (1669-1724) is a public prosecutor in the reign of Louis XIV. One ...
The Belle Haie, the Val Demoiselle, the Sendrée, so many parcels of land in the service of the Drappier cuvées. Classic grape varieties such as Pinot Noir, Chardonnay or Meunier, rare varieties such as Petit Meslier, Blanc Vrai or the extremely rare Arbane, touches of colours and flavours of our vineyard.
Once the grapes have been vinified it is the vintner’s task to unite them with precision, wisdom and harmony, at the same time respecting the style of each grape variety, the spirit of each parcel of land, almost retaining every breath of its climate. This is when the three Drappier generations come together in something like conclaves which are necessary for the delicate mission, every year, leading to the blending of the wines and the renewa...
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