GARDET DEMI-SEC Dessert Cuvée, 36 g/L Dosage

A higher-dosage version of Brut Tradition (36 g/L). Ideal for those who appreciate smooth, sweet wines, truly shines at dessert.

Composition

Grapes & Origin

Pinot Noir · 45% · structure and drive
Pinot Meunier · 45% · roundness, sweetness and velvet texture
Chardonnay · 10% · freshness and mineral line

Origin: some twenty AOC Champagne villages. The same blend as Brut Tradition.

Fermentations & Ageing

In stainless steel tanks.
Alcoholic fermentation, malolactic fermentation.
+ Bottle-aged on lees for at least 3 years.
+ Minimum 3 months after disgorgement before shipping.

Dosage

Dosage Demi-Sec: 36 g/L, from a liquor made out of the same wine and beet sugar.

Timeline of the bottle

Production timeline

This Demi-Sec is a non-vintage: the House's know-how consists in offering a constant style and quality by reaching the perfect balance between the year's wines and a collection of reserve wines kept for this purpose.

Main harvest

Main harvest, about 70% of the blend: a selection from some twenty AOC Champagne villages, vinified plot by plot before blending. Around four years old at release.

Reserve wines

About 30% comes from our reserve wines, the memory of the House. Wines of the three preceding years, sometimes older, kept with care in our cellars. They give the Demi-Sec what no single vintage could give on its own: the depth of time.

Tasting

Tasting

A mouth-watering, expressive champagne built for dessert, where wine sweetness meets fruity aromas in elegant harmony.

Optimal serving temperature

6 to 8 °C (43 to 46 °F)

Colour

Honey gold yellow, with a lively, fine perlage

Nose

With character, open. Ripe yellow fruit first, mirabelle and yellow plum, then acacia honey. Behind it, the brioche and restrained toasted notes of long lees ageing, with a touch of vanilla.

Taste

Expressive attack on ripe yellow and exotic fruits, apricot and mango. Meunier brings the soft, velvet weight; Pinot Noir the directness that carries the sweetness. Brioche through the mid-palate, the 36 g/L dosage held in a precise balance of sugar, acid and a long, rounded finish.

Fine cuisine pairings

Macarons, fruit tart, prawn coco curry with grilled pineapple.

Bottling & cellaring

Bottling data

Bottling period: March or June.
Container sizes: bottles.
Initial closure: crown cap.

Shipping & cellaring

Final cork (after disgorgement): classic cork.
Post-shipment cellaring: ready to drink, can be kept in cellar conditions for up to 2 years.

Available formats

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75cl · Bottle 750 ml · 6×/case €144 / case ▾

Official product sheet

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