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Wine Description
The Story
The Terroir, the millésime, a rare Champagne in its loveliest manifestation.
The Grande Sendrée Cuvée takes its name from a parcel of land covered by cinders after the fire which ravaged Urville in 1838. A spelling error having slipped through in a new version of the land register, it is with an “s” that this cuvée is designated today. A reproduction of an 18th century bottle found in the Urville cellars is used and the Grande Sendrée undergoes remuage entirely by hand. Since the 1999 vintage it is also available as a Magnum.
Exclusively vinified in the great years, the Grande Sendrée gathers by its raw material and the techniques used, all our know-how for the elaboration of a great Champagne wine.
The oldest vines of the best parcels are harvested with particular care. After a tender pressing that extracts only the heart of the cuvée, vinification with little pumping and very little sulfur, will give wines of remarkable finesse.
Vintage 1998
This year's harvest is the largest the region has ever seen. Every corner of the appellation has managed to achieve the maximum authorized harvest yield of 10,400 kilos of grapes per hectare. Producers were also allowed to harvest an additional 2,600 kg which was allocated to the Champagne reserve, called blocking. This led to 330 million bottles of champagne being made in total. The lock-in system (which allows more production than necessary to meet demand) was the main tool for maintaining a stable price level in the 1990s.