Champagne - Grande Réserve - Mise 2021 - Dehours & Fils - 0,75L

A grower’s Champagne with a free-spirited soul, structured and expressive—emblematic of the Dehours style.

📋 Characteristics

• Appellation: Champagne
• Grape Variety: 70% Meunier, 20% Pinot Noir, 10% Chardonnay
• Vintage: Non-vintage (bottled in 2021)
• Certification: Sustainable viticulture (HVE – VDC)
• Terroir: Marne Valley, clay-limestone soils
• Vinification & Ageing: Partial fermentation in barrels, long ageing on lees, base 2018 with reserve wines in solera
• Dosage: Brut (approx. 5 g/L)
• Alcohol: 12% vol

🍇 Tasting Notes

• Appearance: Bright pale gold, with dynamic fine bubbles
• Nose: Ripe pear, mirabelle plum, white flowers, a hint of hazelnut and pastry
• Palate: Fresh and vinous, with a beautiful mineral tension and generous fruitiness
• Finish: Persistent and balanced, with a subtle saline and lightly spicy edge

🍴 Food Pairings

🧄 Herbed chicken rillettes
🐟 Seared sea bass with lemon butter
🥩 Roasted veal with mushrooms
🧀 Aged cheeses like Saint-Nectaire or Chaource

🫗 Serving Advice

• Serving temperature: 10°C
• Decanting: Not necessary
• Opening time: Open 10 minutes before tasting

🗓 Cellaring Potential

Delicious right now for its gourmet charm, or cellar until 2028 for a creamier, more complex evolution.

🏰 About the Domaine

Dehours & Fils, a family estate founded in 1930 in Mareuil-le-Port, captures the free-spirited expression of Meunier in Champagne.
Jérôme Dehours, a passionate artisan, crafts cuvées with a strong identity, sourced from meticulous single-vineyard plots and an exacting approach to viticulture.
The Grande Réserve, the domaine’s signature wine, exemplifies the perfect balance of fruitiness, freshness, and depth.