FIND YOUR CHAMPAGNE CHARACTER!
Discover character champagnes at Champagne Characters
At Champagne Characters, we help you select the right champagne not only by grape variety or dosage, for example, but also by character. After all, when buying champagne, people are often not looking for analytical data, but rather a bottle that matches a feeling, a moment, or a mood.
That's why our grower champagnes are assigned different characters. Whether fine & elegant, warm-hearted & life-affirming, or sophisticated & ambitious: each champagne tells a story about its personality, making the selection easier. This personal touch is particularly noticeable in grower champagnes, i.e., champagnes from independent winemakers. With our character classification, you can discover special champagnes to suit the occasion, your taste, or your curiosity.
Because champagne should not only be understood, but above all enjoyed.
Pertois-Lebrun Les Chetillons N°16 Le Mesnil sur Oger Grand Cru
100% Chardonnay Two plots in Le Mesnil sur Oger Grand CruOld vinesDosage: 2,5g/l 49% vinified in oak barrels, 51% in concrete tank7 years bottle ageing
Content: 0.75 Liter (€153.33 / 1 Liter)
Huré Frères 4 éléments Pinot Meunier La Grosse Pierre 2019
100% Pinot Meunier Dosage 1,7g/l Vintage champagne from a single plot The 4 elements: vineyard (La Grosse Pierre in Ludes), grape variety (Meunier), one vintage, vinification (in 600 l Demi-Muids)
Content: 0.75 Liter (€153.33 / 1 Liter)
Huré Frères 4 éléments Chardonnay Les Blanches Voies 2019
100% Chardonnay Dosage: 1,7g/l Vintage champagne The 4 elements: vineyard (Les Blanches Voies), grape variety (Chardonnay), vintage (2017), vinification (in 600 l Demi-Muids)
Content: 0.75 Liter (€153.33 / 1 Liter)
Huré Frères 4 éléments Pinot Noir La Perthe 2019
100% Pinot NoirDosage: 1.2g/lThe 4 Elements: Vineyard: La Perthe in Ludes, Grape Variety: Pinot Noir, Winemaking: Aging in oak + from a single vintageThe "4 éléments" collection comprises a single vineyard plot, a single grape variety, a single vintage, and a unique vinification method. For the Pinot Noir, this is the La Perthe vineyard in Ludes, with its clay and sandy soils over a limestone subsoil in the Montagne de Reims.After fermentation, the wine was aged for 18 months in demi-muids, or 600-liter oak barrels, where malolactic fermentation was prevented.Finished on natural cork.
Content: 0.75 Liter (€153.33 / 1 Liter)
Jean Velut Témoignage 2012 MAGNUM
100% Chardonnay Dosage: 4g/l 8 years of bottle maturity Tasting FEB20: Quite firm, very young, dry, spicy, yet elegant aromas, beautiful body, perfect for ripening, slight hints of honey, from a plot with old vines
Content: 1.5 Liter (€78.00 / 1 Liter)
René Geoffroy Empreinte 2015 MAGNUM
100% Pinot Noir30-year-old vinesWithout malolactic fermentationSeparate maturation of the individual vineyards in demi-muids (600-liter barrels)Dosage: 3g/lSoil: clay and chalk, with fragments of flint; a selection of very early-ripening plots above Cumières (Barremonts, Demoiselles, Houtrants) VINIFICATION:Harvested and sorted by hand; pressed on a traditional Coquard wine press; only the cuvée (first juice of the pressing) is selected; vinification plot-by-plot to 80% in demi-muid casks. Avoidance of malolactic fermentation. Nicola MAR26 (2018): Accessible, fresh style, balanced, pleasant to drink, will benefit from additional aging and gain body. Tilman MAR26 (2018): Darkly spicy, slightly stimulating bitterness, rich and powerful, delicate red fruit, ripe base aroma, yeasty yet fresh.
Content: 1.5 Liter (€78.00 / 1 Liter)
Pascal Doquet Vertus Premier Cru 2012 - Bio
100% ChardonnayDosage: 3g/lFrom Doquet's 6 best plots in VertusAged in used wooden barrelsMalolactic fermentation doneAt least 10 years of bottle ageingTasting JUL21 (2008 vintage): Incredibly beautiful, creamy, generous and yet with an underlying taut dynamism, straightforward, powerful.
Content: 0.75 Liter (€156.00 / 1 Liter)
Robert Moncuit Cuvée Les Chétillons 2016
100% Chardonnay From the famous single vineyard "Les Chetillons" in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger Dosage: 0g/l 6 years bottle aging
Content: 0.75 Liter (€158.67 / 1 Liter)
Leclaire Thiefaine Cuvée 00 Terre Blanche MAGNUM
100% ChardonnayDosage 4g/lAged in stainless steelBottle ageing: At least 2 yearsBase 2020 with reserve wines from 2016, 2017, 2018Nicola FEB24: Rich, generous, strongly balanced aromatics, with grip and a salty finish, racy texture
Content: 1.5 Liter (€79.33 / 1 Liter)
Les Freres Mignon L'Aventure MAGNUM
100% Chardonnay (sélection massale)Dosage: 1,6g/lFrom the 3 villages Avize, Cramant and CuisOld vines Reserve wines since 2016Vinification in stainless steel tanks and wooden barrels 59 months bottle ageingNot filtered, not finedDavid C. APR24: Very beautiful, complex nose with notes of chalk and candied lemon peel. On the palate, it is powerful with a subtle woody influence, but at the same time retains an amazing freshness and salinity, as no malolactic fermentation has taken place. An excellent Blanc de Blancs that is a pleasure to drink. Still full-bodied on the palate with a long finish. I love it!Nicola FEB24: Warmer, charming release, very pleasant to drink, extreme drinkability. Moritz FEB24: Rounder and warmer than 2019. Nice yellow fruitiness on the nose, on the palate more pear and quince. Everything is nicely wrapped and balanced. The firm acidity provides the necessary backbone. Each glass makes you want the next. Niagara drinkability. Lukas FEB23: Very delicate nose, citrus, apple, peach, backed by a fine herbal spiciness. On the palate riper apple and pear, very nicely integrated acidity, spicy notes (pepper) and some ginger on the finish. Very drinkable with super draught. Andreas OKT21: fine Burgundy scent -> very mouthwashing and stimulating, as carried more from the ground than from the fruit / starts crazy crispy in the mouth / great pressure / agile and pronounced on the tongue / that's really fun and good mood / no gram of fat and yet emaciated or bony / very clean and straightforward / Carrousel en bouche / (AR) Nicola OKT21: Firm fruit, like drinking liquid chalk, but not sparse! Powerful, delicate, fresh, lively. Makes you want to more!
Content: 1.5 Liter (€79.33 / 1 Liter)
Robert Moncuit Cuvée Les Chétillons 2017
100% Chardonnay From the famous single vineyard "Les Chetillons" in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger Dosage: 0g/l 6 years bottle aging
Content: 0.75 Liter (€158.67 / 1 Liter)
Doyard Clos De L'Abbaye 2018
100% ChardonnayDosage 2g/lFrom VertusAged in barriqueBottle ageing: At least 3 yearsVines planted in 1956Tasting FEB20 (over vintage 2014): Incredible complexity, subtle but penetrating, super-elegant aromas, Doyard's premium wines have a lot to offer and are little works of art.
Content: 0.75 Liter (€160.00 / 1 Liter)
Grumier Soléra Extra Brut
33% Meunier, 33% Pinot Noir, 33% ChardonnayDosage 2.4g/lAged in wooden barrelsBottle ageing: 7 years100% reserve wines from a perpetual reserve (2005-2014), aged under natural cork (sous liége)Lukas FEB23: Very intense and complex on the nose, very spicy with light herbal notes. Very full-bodied on the palate, juicy apple and juicy red cherry, very nice, present acidity. Long finish, needs air and then shows its full potential.
Content: 0.75 Liter (€160.00 / 1 Liter)
Laherte Frères Petit Meslier
100% Petit MeslierDosage: 2g/l40% Reserve winesVinification in wooden barrelsYoung Vines, planted 2014 und 2018 Nicola DEZ24: Pure Petit Meslier, wonderfully unique, racy and at the same time extremely precise and elegant, a masterpiece!
Content: 0.75 Liter (€160.00 / 1 Liter)
Doyard Oeil de Perdrix 2019
75% Pinot Noir, 25% ChardonnayDosage 3g/lPinot Noir from Aÿ, Chardonnay from AvizeAged Chardonnay in stainless steel, Pinot Noir in wooden barrelsBottle ageing: At least 3 years‘Oeil de perdrix’ means ‘eye of the partridge’ and refers to the light rosé colourRosé de pressée, no chaptalisation, no malolactic fermentation.Nicola FEB25: Superbly beautiful and generous, with spicy notes of cinnamon and cardamom. Honey, delicate fruit, red fruit and floral, yet straightforward and elegant.
Content: 0.75 Liter (€160.00 / 1 Liter)
Doyard Clos de l'Abbaye 2019
100% ChardonnayDosage 2g/lFrom VertusAged in barriqueBottle ageing: At least 3 yearsVines planted in 1956Tasting FEB20 (over vintage 2014): Incredible complexity, subtle but penetrating, super-elegant aromas, Doyard's premium wines have a lot to offer and are little works of art.
Content: 0.75 Liter (€160.00 / 1 Liter)
Doyard Oeil de Perdrix 2021
75% Pinot Noir, 25% ChardonnayDosage 3g/lPinot Noir from Aÿ, Chardonnay from AvizeAged Chardonnay in stainless steel, Pinot Noir in wooden barrelsBottle ageing: At least 3 years‘Oeil de perdrix’ means ‘eye of the partridge’ and refers to the light rosé colourRosé de pressée, no chaptalisation, no malolactic fermentation.Nicola FEB25: Superbly beautiful and generous, with spicy notes of cinnamon and cardamom. Honey, delicate fruit, red fruit and floral, yet straightforward and elegant.
Content: 0.75 Liter (€160.00 / 1 Liter)
Louis Brochet Cuvée Spéciale HBH 2012
50% Pinot Noir, 50% ChardonnayDosage 3g/litrePinot Noir from the single vineyard sites Les Rosets & Les Laytis in Écueil, Chardonnay from the single vineyard sites Les Vouagnes in Écueil & Le Mont-Benoit in Villers-aux-NœudsMaturation in stainless steel & 300 litre barrelsBottle ageing: At least 9 yearsDedicated to the grandfather Henri Brochet-HervieuxNicola OKT24: Coffee, spiciness, smokiness, nutty, caramel, evolving with air and time.Fabio OKT24: Characterised by roastiness, lots of spice, with plenty of power and lively acidity and a fresh vein.
Content: 0.75 Liter (€161.33 / 1 Liter)
Pierre Brocard Contree Noire 2020 MAGNUM
100% Pinot NoirDosage 1g/lMaturation in stainless steelBottle ageing: At least 4 yearsunfined & unfilteredNicola OKT23: Super nice Pinot Noir fruit, straightforward and polished due to the ageing in steel tanks, really nice!David OKT23: Beguiling fruit on the nose, lots of pressure on the palate, multi-faceted and very precise, you can feel that Pinot is a matter close to Thibaud's heartNicola APR22: Extremely strong, wow, really great flavour, with power, freshness, pressure, body, great finish!
Content: 1.5 Liter (€81.33 / 1 Liter)
Marie Courtin Blanc de Noirs 2020 - Bio
100% Pinot NoirDosage 0g/lFrom a single vineyard in PolisotMatured in clay amphora for 11 monthsBottle ageing: 3 years100% Sélection massale, not fined, not filtered
Content: 0.75 Liter (€164.00 / 1 Liter)
Laherte Frères Les 7 - Solera
18% Chardonnay, 18% Meunier, 17% Pinot Blanc, 14% Pinot Noir, 15% Petit Meslier, 10% Pinot Gris, 8% Arbane In the old vineyards one came across almost forgotten vines that used to play a role in the production of champagne. In 2003 the decision was made to plant Fromenteau, Arbanne and Petit Meslier together with the classic grape varieties in one plot. The vineyards lie on loamy and sandy limestone soils, some with flint in the municipality of Chavot-Courcourt. No use of pesticides or other chemical agents. Manual harvest with optimal ripening of the grapes, spontaneous alcoholic fermentation in at least 10 year old barriques from Burgundy for 6 months with regular stirring of the yeast ('bâtonnage'). No malolactic fermentation Then the base wines are fed into a Solera system. 40% reserve wines mature here, to which 60% of the current vintage is added every year. Degogged by hand à la volée Dosage: 4 g/l
Content: 0.75 Liter (€165.33 / 1 Liter)
Antoine Grethen Alter Ego 2020 - Bio MAGNUM
100% Pinot Meunier from 2 different terroirs in the Vallée de la l'Ardre Soil: sand, marl and limestone Spontanous fermenation with indigenous yeats in used oak barrels Holzfass (225 and 600 litres) 2 years of aging in oak barrels 3 years of bottle aging Low addition of sulfur Unfined and unfiltered Dosage 0g/lNicola MRZ24: After a year of additional maturity, it is still ultra-expressive with a distinctive wood impression, but is even more at peace and invites you to philosophize about life with your best friends by the fireplace.David MRZ24: Dry, herbal first impression, expressive Meunier style, creamy on the palate, rich in extracts and very expressive Lukas FEB23: Very herbaceous on the nose with hints of pear, quince and red fruit. In the mouth quince, pear and hints of chamomile and herbs. Soft, but backed by a very nice acidity, the perlage is very fine .
Content: 1.5 Liter (€82.67 / 1 Liter)
Marie Courtin Cuvée Manigance Blanc de Blancs 2021 - Bio
80% Chardonnay, 20% Pinot BlancDosage 0g/lMatured in clay amphora for 11 monthsBottle ageing: 3 years100% Sélection massale, not fined, not filteredTilman FEB25 (vintage 20 - incl. 5% Arbane): Very good structure, mineral, very precise and rich. Nevertheless slender. Soft due to the amphora.Nicola FEB25 (vintage 20 - incl. 5% Arbane): So brilliant! Calm, creamy, sublime but precise and light-footed, fine spice and structure, depth, eternally long, wonderful delicate fruit, wow!
Content: 0.75 Liter (€165.33 / 1 Liter)
Pascal Doquet Arpège Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature MAGNUM - Bio
100% ChardonnayDosage: 0g/l50% Réserve perpétuelleAged 2/3 in old wooden barrelsMalolactic fermentation done3 years bottle ageingTasting JUL21: Very powerful, lively, extremely long, light pleasant tart finish, very harmonious, dark chocolate.
Content: 1.5 Liter (€83.33 / 1 Liter)