DOSAGE ZÉRO

Zero-dosage Champagne, 0 g/L. An equal-thirds cuvée, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay, drawn solely from Premier and Grand Cru parcels. Two thirds raised in stainless steel (the year's wines), one third in oak Foudres (the reserve wines), 5 to 7 years on the lees. Pure and chiselled like a diamond tip.

Composition

Grapes & Origin

Pinot Noir: ⅓
Pinot Meunier: ⅓
Chardonnay: ⅓

Origin: Premiers & Grands Cru from Montagne de Reims, Vallée de la Marne & Côte des Blancs.

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 wine without dosage is a portrait with no make-up. Every line shows, every shadow stays honest. Once you forbid sugar as a final correction, everything before it must be right, the parcel, the harvest, the fermentation, the ageing, the long rest on the lees. We call it Patience & Freshness. It is more than a phrase, it is a method.

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. One third of the cuvée comes from reserve wines of several harvests, raised in oak Foudres. This Foudre ageing is not aromatic, the oak is old and neutral, but structural: it gives the cuvée the mouthfeel and the roundness a wine needs once the dosage is gone.

Tasting

Tasting

A pure, chiselled cuvée, the diamond tip of the Extra Brut collection.

Optimal serving temperature

8 to 10 °C (46 to 50 °F)

Colour

Pale gold with a silver sparkle, the colour of a cuvée that hides nothing

Nose

Very delicate on opening. White flowers and citrus first, with a fine touch of spice. Behind them, yellow stone fruit, then the brioche and vanilla drawn from long lees ageing and the Foudre-raised share of the blend.

Taste

On the palate the freshness leads, unveiled, with no sweetness to flatter it. Stone fruit follows, a trace of vanilla and brioche from the years on the lees, a touch of spice through the middle. The finish is mineral and saline, pink grapefruit and chalk, long and honest.

Fine cuisine pairings

Pairs with scallop carpaccio and truffle shavings, with crustaceans, with lobster. At the close of a meal, it also holds its own against an old Parmesan or a Comté.

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

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 €173 / case ▾

Official product sheet

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