GARDET DOSAGE ZÉRO Extra Brut No Added Sugar

Zero-dosage Champagne (0 g/L), pure, chiselled like a diamond tip. Tripartite Premiers & Grands Crus cuvée, 2/3 stainless steel + 1/3 oak Foudres, 5-7 years on lees.

Composition

Grapes & Origin

Pinot Noir · ⅓ · directness and structure, from the Premier and Grand Cru slopes of the Montagne de Reims
Pinot Meunier · ⅓ · flesh and roundness, from the Vallée de la Marne
Chardonnay · ⅓ · mineral tension, from the Premier and Grand Cru sites of the Côte des Blancs

Strict parcel selection is the precondition of a cuvée built without any dosage to correct it.

Fermentations & Ageing

Stainless steel first, clean and clear: alcoholic fermentation, malolactic fermentation. Two thirds of the cuvée, from the year.
+ Then the oak. One third matures in our Foudres, reserve wines from several harvests, in neutral wood that breathes without marking the fruit.
+ Then the bottle. Five, six, sometimes seven years on the lees, in the cool of the chalk.
+ At least three months' rest after disgorgement. We let the cuvée breathe before it leaves.

Dosage

Dosage: 0 g/L, zero dosage. No sugar added at disgorgement.

Timeline of the bottle

Production timeline

Making a Dosage Zéro asks for a double discipline, at the start and at the close. At the start, strict parcel selection and precise vinification. At the close, long lees ageing and the patient balancing of acidity with no sugar to correct it. The reserve wines raised in Foudres are the anchor: they bring the roundness that, in a Brut, the dosage would otherwise carry.

Main harvest

Zero Dosage. At Gardet we count on the reserve wines' roundness and cellar time to guarantee an optimal balance between the sharpness caused by the absence of sugar, and the smoothness from maturing a blend of carefully selected wines.

Reserve wines

Blend. Combination of wines aged in stainless-steel with others in oak Foudres, coming from several harvest years.

Tasting

Tasting

A reference for those who want Champagne without correction. With no dosage to soften the line, everything rests on parcel selection, the roundness of the reserve wines and long lees ageing. The result is precise, mineral, faithful to the grapes and the time given.

Optimal serving temperature

8 to 10 °C (46 to 50 °F)

Colour

Pale gold with a silver sparkle

Nose

It is very delicate at first, white flowers and citrus, a breath of spice. Then, given a little patience, it grows richer, yellow stone fruit, a suggestion of brioche, a hint of vanilla. A nose that offers its depth without hurrying.

Taste

Bright, vivacious attack, direct and precise with no sugar to round it. Mid-palate on yellow stone fruit, then the vanilla and brioche of the long lees ageing. The finish turns mineral and saline, on pink grapefruit, with structure and real length.

Fine cuisine pairings

Scallop carpaccio with truffle shavings; crustaceans; lobster. Or simply with an old Parmesan or Comté cheese.

Bottling & cellaring

Bottling data

Bottling period: June.
Container types: bottles.
Initial closure: crown cap.

Shipping & cellaring

Final closure (after disgorgement): traditional cork.
Post-shipment cellaring: ready to drink, can be kept in cellar conditions for up to 5 years.

Awards

Four international voices, one uncompromising cuvée:
James Suckling 2024 · 90 points
Decanter World Wine Award 2021 · 90 points
Mundus Vini 2021 · Silver
Jancis Robinson 2020 · 16/20

Available formats

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75cl · Bottle 750 ml · 6×/case €141 / case ▾

Official product sheet

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