Description

Champagne Drappier
Grande Sendrée

 

 

 

Grande Sendrée:

• • A real gem in Drappier’s range and unique by all means
  • Single-parcel “Grande Sendrée” (3.8 hectares), produced 4 times a decade and with 10 years of ageing on lees
  • A 3.5g/l dosage aged for 25 years in oak
  • Annual availability worldwide 4 to 6K bottles (only)
  • Launching 2015 in September 2025

 

Vinification of the Grande Sendrée cuvée

• • Only the juices from first pressing are used
  • Mechanical low-pressure presses
  • Use of gravity to avoid oxidation
  • Natural settling
  • Minimal use of sulphur
  • Alcoholic fermentation – 2 weeks at low temp.
  • Natural ML
  • No filtering
  • Assemblage – 32% of the wines are matured in oak barrels for 9 months
  • After bottling, the cuvée is aged for more than 6 years sur lattes.
  • Dosage: 5 g/l

 

GRAPE VARIETY:

• • 55 % Pinot Noir,
  • 45 % Chardonnay

FOOD PAIRINGS:

• • Ideal as an aperitif.
  • Superb accompaniment for broth of crayfish with grapefruit, carpaccio Saint Jacques, poultry from Bresse with truffles à la crème.
  • Serve at: 45°F.

TASTING NOTES:

• • Golden in color with amber nuances.
  • The Grande Sendrée reveals subtle aromas of dried fruits, some touches of toast and wax, the whole unfolding into fruity notes of citrus fruits, fruits with white flesh, stoned fruits…
  • The palate accentuates the vinosity, the depth and the structure.

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