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BRUT TRADITION

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The cuvée that has carried the House's voice since 1895. Three grapes, a score of villages, three years of patience on the lees. Brut Tradition is our signature, the one each generation has handed down unchanged.

Vintage
NV · Non-vintage
Grape varieties
10% Chardonnay,
45% Pinot Noir,
45% Pinot Meunier
Dosage
Dosage Brut: 8 g/L, from a liquor made out of the same wine and beet sugar.
Aging
Three years of patience on the lees
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Price case (delivery included): €143

Composition

Grapes & Origin
Pinot Noir, 45%, the frame of the cuvée.
Pinot Meunier, 45%, the flesh and the velvet hand.
Chardonnay, 10%, the line of light that opens the glass.

Some twenty villages, across AOC Champagne. We choose anew each year, we taste each lot.
Fermentations & Ageing
Alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel.
+ Full malolactic fermentation, for softened acidity and a harmonious cuvée.
+ Bottle ageing on the lees: at least 36 months (3 years).
+ At least 90 days' rest after disgorgement, while the dosage liqueur settles into the wine.
Dosage
Dosage Brut: 8 g/L, from a liquor made out of the same wine and beet sugar.

Timeline of the bottle

Production timeline
A non-vintage does not mean "without memory". It means "all the memories together". In this bottle you find last summer, the vines of the harvest before, the breath of a year we were especially fond of. Our cellar master's task is not to choose a vintage, but to hold the style.
Main harvest
About 70% of the cuvée comes from the most recent harvest, four years before today on average. It is the voice of the present: young fruit, tension, the candour of what good vines give in a good year.
Reserve wines
Reserve wines. About 30% of the blend. They are mainly from the 3 years preceding the base harvest, but some can be older.

Tasting

Tasting
The signature cuvée, the one that states the Gardet identity without naming it. The year's wines for momentum, reserve wines for memory: the balance the House has pursued since 1895.
Optimal serving temperature
6 to 8 °C (43 to 46 °F)
Colour
Honey gold yellow
Nose
It opens unhurried. Chalk first, almost tactile, like the walls of our cellars. Then the fruit, white peach and pear. And to close, the toasted brioche of long months on the lees.
Taste
Expressive. White stone fruits, dominating freshness with some minerality. Soft and supple from the Meuniers and directness from the Pinots Noirs. A fine balance of aroma, taste and long finish.

Fine cuisine pairings

At the aperitif above all: comté gougères, bruschetta, prawns from the plancha. At brunch it stands up to scrambled eggs, to smoked salmon on wholegrain bread.

Bottling & cellaring

Bottling data
Bottling period: March or June.
Container sizes: bottles, half-bottles, magnums, jeroboams, methuselahs, nebuchadnezzar.
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.

Awards

James Suckling 2026 · 92 points
Terre de Vins 2023 · Top 100 Best NV, 94 points
Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 · 92 points
Guia Melendo del Champagne 2021 · 91 points
Wine Spectator 2019 · 91 points

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Official product sheet

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