GARDET BRUT RÉSERVE Premier Cru

The Premier Cru that asks for patience. Three grapes in equal measure, three of Champagne's finest sub-regions, and close to six years in the chalk before a bottle is ready. A cuvée that tells the whole House Gardet in a single glass.

Composition

Grapes & Origin

Pinot Noir · ⅓ · backbone and complexity
Pinot Meunier · ⅓ · fruit and mid-palate flesh
Chardonnay · ⅓ · mineral tension

Origin: Premiers Crus from the Montagne de Reims, the Vallée de la Marne and the Côte des Blancs.

Fermentations & Ageing

Stainless steel first: alcoholic fermentation, then malolactic, clean and unhurried.
+ Then the secret. A quarter of the blend, the reserve wines, goes into our old Allier Foudres, large oak barrels, some of them well over a century old, where it sleeps a full year until wood and wine find a common voice.
+ After that, about six years of patience in the bottle, on the lees, in the silence of our chalk cellars.
+ And at least three months' rest after disgorgement before the bottle may leave.

Dosage

Brut: 6 g/L (from a liquor made out of the same wine and beet sugar)

Timeline of the bottle

Production timeline

Our Brut Réserve is characterised by a specific ageing of the still wines and by the very long cellar time then attributed to those bottles.

Main harvest

Year's wines: a first blend only made out of wines from the last harvest is done. One part is used to compose 75% of Brut Réserve, the other part is sent for ageing in oak "Foudres".

Reserve wines

Foudres: made out of oak from l'Allier mountains; capacity varies between 25 hL and 40 hL; some are 50 to 100 years old. We age there for one year the wines from the first blend, reunited with a portion of wines previously aged in Foudres. These 25% complete the final blend.

Tasting

Tasting

A fine dining Champagne, smooth and lively, with a powerful and fresh structure.

Optimal serving temperature

8 to 10 °C (46 to 50 °F)

Colour

Shining honey yellow, with fine highlights

Nose

Pleasing. Strength and freshness; pastry and brioche notes, yellow fruits (apricot); hint of caramel and spices.

Taste

Smooth, lively attack carried by clear acidity. Mid-palate brings ripe yellow fruits in the manner of apricot pie, toasted brioche and a fig note. The finish turns floral and faintly vegetal, fresh and persistent.

Fine cuisine pairings

Fine dining Champagne. With a Sunday roast, grilled sea bass with summer veggies, creamy veal rib steak and mushrooms.

Bottling & cellaring

Bottling data

Bottling period: June.
Container sizes: bottles, magnums.
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 2025 · 90 Points
Drinks Business · Champagne Master 2024 · Gold
Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 · 91 Points
Guia Melendo del Champagne 2021 · 92 Points
Jancis Robinson 2020 · 17/20
Wine Enthusiast 2019 · 92 Points

Available formats

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75cl · Bottle 750 ml · 6×/case €166 / case ▾

150cl · Magnum 1500 ml · 3×/case €161 / case ▾

Official product sheet

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