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Champagne-Chavost

France

Champagne

Imagine yourself walking through the charming Champagne region. On your left, the church of Saint-Martin overlooks the small village of Chavot-Courcourt, formerly Chavost. Vines and fields cover the horizon with the last greens of the season. The vines are empty, their hibernation barely begun. This mist-covered landscape, pierced in places by orange rays, inspires a paradoxically calm excitement. You take a deep breath, the air smells earthy and the cold grips your nostrils. With a smile on your lips, you decide to continue: deep down, you know that a discovery awaits you in the village. After a few meters on Rue de l'Église, a crossroads appeals to your intuition. Turn left. It's on the left that the bubbles sparkle like an echo to the lights in your delighted eyes. Further along rue d'Ilbensheim, just after another left turn, the large hangar with its turquoise-green roof stands before you. Fabian is there to welcome you too. A new adventure begins, full of bubbles, sparkles and flavors as luxurious as they are pure, as simple as they are complex. 

Fabian is the winemaker at the Champagne-Chavost estate. "After 10 years of winemaking in the 4 corners of the globe, he returned to the House with new projects to vinify differently, to make atypical Champagnes, with as few inputs as possible, sometimes none at all..." Here's a piece of his story, which he won't dwell on before telling you about the history of Champagne-Chavost, which began in 1946.

You'll learn that at that time, some twenty "anciens-ne-s" (masters and scholars of viticulture at the time) joined forces to create the estate. Over the long years of winemaking, development and learning, an innovative spirit took root, in keeping with Champagne-Chavost's core values: "community, love of their land, sharing and solidarity". On this misty day, on the copper-colored hills, gratitude for the moment slowly wins you over, with as much tenderness as sweet intoxication.

Fabian hands you a flute of this natural champagne - one of six produced on the estate. Rosée de Saignée! A technical sobriquet, provocative in just the right way, and perfectly suited to this moment of reverie and sharing between you and the Champagne lands, and you and Fabian. Fabian begins describing this blend of Meunier and Pinot Noir grapes. "You'll notice a very powerful nose with the red fruit aromas typical of the two Pinots (Noir and Meunier): blackcurrants, cherries and stewed raspberries. The palate is highly structured. You'll get the impression of a red wine on the palate, with great length, full of red fruit on the finish...". Definitely, the energy put into this venture, combined with a desire to respect both age and the indispensable renewal, is there, liquid and bouncy. You pick up a crate, eager to help others discover these unique and rare wines - natural champagnes are not (yet) commonplace in wine shops. A few weeks later, you'll be sharing a moment of friendship or love, and the flutes tinkling merrily against each other, accompanied by bursts of bubbles on the surface, observing the splendid landscapes depicted on the labels, you'll recall this "champagnard" interlude.

The wines

  • Champagne-Chavost

    Blanc d'Assemblage

    CHF 49.00
  • Sold out
    Champagne-Chavost

    Blanc de Chardonnay

    CHF 62.00
  • Champagne-Chavost

    Blanc de Meunier

    CHF 62.00
  • Champagne-Chavost

    Ratafia Soléra

    CHF 43.00
  • Champagne-Chavost

    Rosé de Saignée

    CHF 91.00

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