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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.
Jérôme Lefèvre Not Title Required (Still Wine) Coteaux Champenois Blanc - Bio
Still Wine - not Champagne"No Title Required - After Robert Ryman"100% ChardonnaySingle Plot Les Douaires in Mont de BonneilVinified in Barrique800 bottles producedJérôme Lefèvre: As my first Chardonnay Coteaux was an experiment (Sans Titre #1 was Chardonnay grown in a rhum barrel), this one is more classic in a burgundy way. The name is a reference to artist Robert Ryman which I love. The wine is kind of close to his painting: minimal and complex at the same time.
Content: 0.75 Liter (€290.67 / 1 Liter)
Copinet Single Plot Tasting Pack - 3 Bottles
The package contains one bottle each of Marie Copinet's single-varietal estate champagnes, which impressively reflect the typicity of the grape variety and terroir:Croix du Balais - 100% MeunierCroix Maître Anne - 100% Pinot NoirAu Detour du Sezannais - 100% ChardonnayAdditionally with exciting information cards7,5% tasting discount!
Content: 2.25 Liter (€97.33 / 1 Liter)
Vincent Bliard Garennes Box - Bio
Box contains 2 bottles of the 2019 vintage from Garennes (Grand Cru):Les Souffle des Garennes, vinified in oak barrelsAu Gré des Garennes, vinified in stone amphorae50% Pinot Meunier, 30% Pinot Noir, 20% ChardonnayDosage 0g/lFrom the single vineyard Garennes in HautvillersBottle ageing: At least 4 yearsThe Les Garennes parcel was acquired 70 years ago by Florence and Antoine's grandfather. This double box with two bottles is now available for the 70th anniversary: the same grape material, but vinified differently, once in wood, once in amphora.Planted as a mixed set, no fining, no filtration, minimal addition of sulphurNicola Oct25 - 2019 - Oak Aging: Superbly complex and generous, yet fresh and spicy, well-balanced, great body, has so much to say with a wonderful nutty finish, extremely long.Nicola Oct25 - 2019 - Amphora: More mature nose than the oak-aged version, also extremely beautiful, advanced tobacco notes, lovely chocolate notes, not quite as long a finish and somewhat lighter in body, perhaps because the wood enhances the aromas more than the amphora.
Content: 1.5 Liter (€146.67 / 1 Liter)
Georges Laval Les Chênes Blanc de Blancs 2019 - Bio
The single vineyard Les Chênes champagne is produced exclusively with Chardonnay. Les Chênes is a renowned vineyard located halfway up the slope along the street to Hautvillers, east of Cumières. There is only a thin soil layer over the chalky parent rock. The first vintage produced only 400 bottles, although today production has expanded to 1800 bottles — produced solely in the finest vintages and only as Brut Nature.
Content: 0.75 Liter (€307.33 / 1 Liter)
J-M Sélèque Soliste Meunier Les Gouttes d'Or 2017 Magnum
100% Pinot Meunier from single vineyard "Les Gouttes d'Or" Dosage: 2g/l Vinified in oak and concrete egg Les Solistes are wines from typical vineyards which give us a very significant caracter of their terroir. SOILS: Bottom of the hill, ocher clays with strong presence of flint calcite, on chalk of the Campanian AGING: On cork - 4 years (75CL) • 5 years (1,5L) PRODUCTION: 1500 bottles and 30 magnums JM Seleque: "The nobility of the great Meunier, on a historical terroir, a massales selection of 1951 that gives us wines both fine and precise."
Content: 1.5 Liter (€158.00 / 1 Liter)
J-M Sélèque Soliste Pinot Noir Les Gayères 2017 MAGNUM
100% Pinot Noir Link to single Vinyard at Weinlagen-info Dosage: 2g/l Vinification in oak The Soliste range presents wines from our village Pierry, from a single plot, from a single grape variety and a single vintage. We chose them for their identity, their quality and their distinctiveness — the best representations of our terroir You already know Soliste Meunier, Infusion Meunier Rosé, and this year we are introducing Soliste Pinot Noir. Next year, we will complete the range with the new Soliste Chardonnay. Soliste Pinot Noir comes from our “Les Gayères” plot, located on the upper part of the midslope of Pierry, facing west. It was planted by my father in 1974, on cool Sparnacien clay soil, a characteristic soil of the region that includes freshwater quartz stones (historically prized for use in millstones) and contributes to the distinctiveness of wines from Pierry. The Pinot Noir here matures late and benefits from the setting sun to refine its aromas at the end of the harvest. This plot also provides the red wine for our Solessence Rosé cuvée. 2015 was a hot and dry vintage in Champagne. The harvest was done in early September under the sun and we brought in excellent quality. We noticed that this pinot noir was particularly expressive and long. It seemed that this vintage suited this parcel particularly well, with its late-ripening terroir allowing the fruit to benefit from a longer September ripening. It was the first vintage of this cuvée and we have made an effort to reproduce it every year since. Lukas FEB23 (Vintage 2018): On the nose hints of pear, red fruit and yellow peach. In the mouth light smokiness, fine spiciness, ripe apple and ripe yellow fruit, in the finish grapefruit and some juicy peach, acidity rather subtle. Very delicate and animating. Tasting JUL21: slightly tart finish, well defined structure, fresh and crispy, with depth
Content: 1.5 Liter (€158.00 / 1 Liter)
J-M Sélèque Soliste Chardonnay Les Tartières/Les Porgeons 2016 MAGNUM
100% Chardonnay Single vineyard Les Tartières / Les Porgeons "The Chalk is explored by the roots from 70cm to 200cm" 100% aging in wood (320 and 600 liter barrels) for 10 months Dosage: 2,5g/l 4 years of bottle aging under cork The "Solistes" are Single Vineyard, Single Grape, Single Vintage champagnes that want to bring out or show the maximum of terroir.
Content: 1.5 Liter (€158.00 / 1 Liter)
J-M Sélèque Soliste Meunier Les Gouttes d'Or 2018 MAGNUM
100% Pinot Meunier from single vineyard "Les Gouttes d'Or" Dosage: 2g/l Vinified in oak and concrete egg Les Solistes are wines from typical vineyards which give us a very significant caracter of their terroir. SOILS: Bottom of the hill, ocher clays with strong presence of flint calcite, on chalk of the Campanian AGING: On cork - 4 years (75CL) • 5 years (1,5L) PRODUCTION: 1500 bottles and 30 magnums JM Seleque: "The nobility of the great Meunier, on a historical terroir, a massales selection of 1951 that gives us wines both fine and precise."
Content: 1.5 Liter (€160.00 / 1 Liter)
J-M Sélèque Soliste Pinot Noir Les Gayères 2018 MAGNUM
100% Pinot Noir Link to single Vinyard at Weinlagen-info Dosage: 2g/l Vinification in oak The Soliste range presents wines from our village Pierry, from a single plot, from a single grape variety and a single vintage. We chose them for their identity, their quality and their distinctiveness — the best representations of our terroir You already know Soliste Meunier, Infusion Meunier Rosé, and this year we are introducing Soliste Pinot Noir. Next year, we will complete the range with the new Soliste Chardonnay. Soliste Pinot Noir comes from our “Les Gayères” plot, located on the upper part of the midslope of Pierry, facing west. It was planted by my father in 1974, on cool Sparnacien clay soil, a characteristic soil of the region that includes freshwater quartz stones (historically prized for use in millstones) and contributes to the distinctiveness of wines from Pierry. The Pinot Noir here matures late and benefits from the setting sun to refine its aromas at the end of the harvest. This plot also provides the red wine for our Solessence Rosé cuvée. 2015 was a hot and dry vintage in Champagne. The harvest was done in early September under the sun and we brought in excellent quality. We noticed that this pinot noir was particularly expressive and long. It seemed that this vintage suited this parcel particularly well, with its late-ripening terroir allowing the fruit to benefit from a longer September ripening. It was the first vintage of this cuvée and we have made an effort to reproduce it every year since. Lukas FEB23 (Vintage 2018): On the nose hints of pear, red fruit and yellow peach. In the mouth light smokiness, fine spiciness, ripe apple and ripe yellow fruit, in the finish grapefruit and some juicy peach, acidity rather subtle. Very delicate and animating. Tasting JUL21: slightly tart finish, well defined structure, fresh and crispy, with depth
Content: 1.5 Liter (€160.00 / 1 Liter)
J-M Sélèque Soliste Chardonnay Les Tartières/Les Porgeons 2018 MAGNUM
100% Chardonnay Single vineyard Les Tartières / Les Porgeons "The Chalk is explored by the roots from 70cm to 200cm" 100% aging in wood (320 and 600 liter barrels) for 10 months Dosage: 2,5g/l 4 years of bottle aging under cork The "Solistes" are Single Vineyard, Single Grape, Single Vintage champagnes that want to bring out or show the maximum of terroir.
Content: 1.5 Liter (€160.00 / 1 Liter)
Jérôme Lefèvre Supergroovalisticmacerationstuff (Still Wine) Coteaux Champenois Rouge
Still Wine - not Champagne100% Pinot NoirFrom Neuilly Vinified in Barrique for 4 years300 bottles producedJérôme Lefévre: Coteaux Rouge, 100% Pinot Noir too, but this time a bit more austere style, in a burgundian way. Only 300 bottles produced.
Content: 0.75 Liter (€325.33 / 1 Liter)
Georges Laval Les Chênes Blanc de Blancs 2020 - Bio
The single vineyard Les Chênes champagne is produced exclusively with Chardonnay. Les Chênes is a renowned vineyard located halfway up the slope along the street to Hautvillers, east of Cumières. There is only a thin soil layer over the chalky parent rock. The first vintage produced only 400 bottles, although today production has expanded to 1800 bottles — produced solely in the finest vintages and only as Brut Nature.
Content: 0.75 Liter (€326.67 / 1 Liter)
Georges Laval Les Hautes Chèvres Blanc de Noirs 2020 - Bio
100% Pinot Meunier Dosage: 0g/l Single Vineyard To the west and slightly above Cumières sits 'Les Hautes-Chèvres', where Laval cultivates Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. The darker, more fertile soil of this vineyard contains more clay than that in Les Chênes and the chalk cliffs stretch even deeper. In 2004 Laval produced a pure Pinot Meunier champagne here from this site, and he has continued ever since.
Content: 0.75 Liter (€326.67 / 1 Liter)
David Leclapart L'Apotre '20 - Bio
100% Chardonnay from the single vineyard "La Pierre St-Martin“ Dosage: 0g/l Vinified in oak Old vines from 1946 L’Apôtre is the estate's top cuvée — a single-vineyard champagne from the La Pierre St-Martin vineyard, with vines planted in 1946 by Léclapart's own grandfather. The wines are barrel matured in order to match the concentration and intensity of grapes from these old vines. In each vintage, L’Apôtre is known for presenting the greatest complexity and expressiveness of any of the cuvées.
Content: 0.75 Liter (€328.00 / 1 Liter)
René Geoffroy Millésime 2004 Extra Brut MAGNUM
53% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir, 17% MeunierDosage 4g/lAged in wooden barrelsBottle ageing: At least 8 years
Content: 1.5 Liter (€164.67 / 1 Liter)
Robert Moncuit Cuvée Les Chétillons 2016 MAGNUM
100% Chardonnay Dosage: 0g/l From the famous single vineyard "Les Chétillons" in Le Mesnil sur Oger comes this terroir Blanc de Blans. The fine yeasty nose complement planty-floral and delicate nutty notes, needs a lot of air! Powerful, juicy fruit on the palate, finely spicy and delicately bitter, a hint of caramel, wonderfully mineral, precise and long. Great cinema! Link to single vineyard at Weinlagen-info
Content: 1.5 Liter (€169.33 / 1 Liter)
Robert Moncuit Cuvée Les Chétillons 2016 MAGNUM
100% Chardonnay Dosage: Extra Brut (1-3g/l) From the famous single vineyard "Les Chétillons" in Le Mesnil sur Oger comes this terroir Blanc de Blans. The fine yeasty nose complement planty-floral and delicate nutty notes, needs a lot of air! Powerful, juicy fruit on the palate, finely spicy and delicately bitter, a hint of caramel, wonderfully mineral, precise and long. Great cinema!
Content: 1.5 Liter (€171.33 / 1 Liter)
J-M Sélèque Partition 2016 MAGNUM in wooden box
Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir 7 Terroirs: "Les Frileux" Chardonnay in Epernay "Moque-bouteille" Chardonnay in Dizy "La Justice" Chardonnay in Vertus "Basses Ronces" Chardonnay in Mardeuil "Les Porgeons" Chardonnay "Les Gouttes d’Or" Pinot Meunier in Pierry "Les Gayères" Pinot Noir in Pierry Average age of the vines: 47 years Vinification: Barrel-fermented in 228 liter oaken casks. Malolactic fermentation Unfined and unfiltered 5 years aging Dosage: 1g/l Annual Production: 1000-2000 bottles Very complete, complex assemblage character, everything should be in its place without any component standing out
Content: 1.5 Liter (€175.33 / 1 Liter)
Eric Rodez Cuvée des Grands Vintages MAGNUM - Bio
Created from the best grapes in only the best years: 2004 - 30%, 2002- 21%, 2000 - 18%, 1999 13%, 1998 - 9%, 1996 - 6%, 1995 - 2% Average age of the vines: 33 years Vinification: 100% used barrel, no malolactic fermentation Terroir: Les secs, les blans de beurys, les goisses, les noirs de genettes, les vaux saint basle, les fournettes, le noyer saints pys, les morrins, Les Agusons, les grandes ruelles, Les Crayeres. Significant influence from Krug Grande Cuvée, a masterpiece of nuanced, subtlety and complexity. Balanced with the highest level of elegance, and not a trace of overcompensation from strength. A complexity requiring both time and attention. 70% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay, Dosage 4g Nicola FEB24: Balance and profound harmony and complexity at its best. Vibrating sensuality, ultra long-lasting. Insane nutty resonance. Moritz FEB24: The Grands Vintages cuvée is very calm and profound. A fine smokiness, light brioche notes, and zesty aromas stand balanced in the glass. The acidity is gripping yet gentle (if that makes sense). The perlage dances over the tongue, and flavors of clementine and salt lemon provide that certain grip. The finish? Ultra-long. The hairs on your arms stand up with each sip. A champagne with a goosebump factor. Type: Champagne Alcohol content: 12% Net volume: 750 ml Producer's Address: Champagne Eric Rodez, 4 Rue Isse, 51150 Ambonnay, France Allergy Information: Contains sulfites. May contain traces of egg protein and milk Bio Certificate: SCEV CHAMPAGNE RODEZ - Kontrollnummer: 51/69005/700725 - FR-BIO-01
Content: 1.5 Liter (€176.67 / 1 Liter)
Jacquesson Dizy "Corne Bautray" 2014
100% Chardonnay Dosage: 0,5g/lSingle plot in Dizy, 1 hectar Limestone and flint stone South-west exposureVinified in oak barrels
Content: 0.75 Liter (€357.33 / 1 Liter)
Jacquesson Avize "Champ Caïn" 2014
100% Chardonnay Dosage: 1.5 g/l Situated at the bottom of the slope facing due south; calcareous soil of clayey, sandy, silty structure over blocks of Campagnian chalk. Planted to Chardonnay with 12,000 vines over 1.3 hectares in 1962. Chablis pruning.
Content: 0.75 Liter (€357.33 / 1 Liter)
Pierre Moncuit Nicole Moncuit V.V. Extra Brut 2008 MAGNUM
One of the absolute finest blends the estate has to offer: Each vintage champagne from Nicole Moncuit Vielle Vigne is made from 90 year old vines from a single vineyard in Les Chétillons, one of the most prized vineyards in Le Mesnil. This champagne is produced only for exceptional vintages. 100% Chardonnay Dosage: 3g/l Antonio Galloni Vintage 2006 – 94P: The Cuvée Nicole VV emerges from old vines in Les Chétillons, one of the most renowned lieu-dits in Mesnil. More of a wine than a Champagne, the VV possesses notable textural richness and gravitas, both of which build with a bit of time in the glass. This is a terrific choice for readers who enjoy Champagnes with the complexity that develops in bottle over time. Ratings: For 2006: Gold Medal at Effervescents du Monde 2020 + Top 10 For 2005: Gold medal at Effervescents du Monde 2017 + Top10
Content: 1.5 Liter (€181.33 / 1 Liter)
Robert Moncuit Les Grands Blancs JEROBOAM in wooden box
100% Chardonnay From two Grand Cru terroirs: Le Mesnil, Oger Blend of two consecutive vintages 10 months aging in wood without battonage Unfiltered 2-3 years bottle aging Dosage: 0g/l Malo: Yes Great introduction to the Côte des Blancs! The Chardonnay grapes come from two Grand Cru terroirs: Le Mesnil and Oger. An ideal combination, according to the winemaker Pierre Amillet, because Le Mesnil is very firm and acidic, a little softer Ogre. Tasting: Very fine character; light biscuit and delicate smokiness on the nose, lively and wonderfully fresh on the palate.
Content: 3 Liter (€92.00 / 1 Liter)
Doyard Clos De L'Abbaye 2018 MAGNUM
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: 1.5 Liter (€187.33 / 1 Liter)