The Story
It is a cuvee for purists who like the minerality of the Terroirs of Côtes des Blancs. Our first cuvée 'non dosé' was created on 1985. We were pioneers on the Brut Nature style. We do not elaborate a specific blend for this cuvée. Each year, we taste all the vintage cuvées which are maturing on lees in our cellars. When one of them is naturally well-balanced, we decide to sell it with no dosage. We want to create a wine naturally balance betwe...
Wine Information
"Chosen among all the flasks that compose of our cellar” Its aptitude to unveil itself without dosage, this cuvée is always a complex wine, to perfect maturity. It presents systematically an assembly of big origins, with a long ageing on its lees, measured dosage, which is to say without expedition liquor, without makeup, just as one tastes it in cellar.
Olivier et Didier Gimonnet
Blend of » 2004
It is exactly the “Fleuron 2004” blend, bu...
Vintage 2004
A great example of how large yields do not necessarily mean poor quality in Champagne. As a reaction to the previous year's low yields, the vines produced one of the largest crops on record. The growing season proceeded without major difficulties but the bumper crop called for bud thinning. August brought about cooler weather and some rains, increasing the risk of rot. The massive crop, averaging 13,990 kg/ha, was picked from September 18th on...
