Posts

Showing posts from July 29, 2018

Champagne Dhondt Grellet

Image
The Domaine Dhondt Grellet is situated in Flavigny in the Cotes des Blanc near the grand cru Avize, the propriety owns around 6 hectares of vines classified Grand Cru and Premier Cru with different Lieu dit in Cramant (grand cru) and Cuis (premier cru) mainly chardonnay.  The Domaine start in 1986 with Eric Dhondt and Edith Grellet when it was decide to stop selling grapes to the negotiant.  Currently, Adrien the son has taken over the Domaine and he has given to the Maison a different perception converting all the land in organic farming, separate vinification of the single vineyard lieu-dit to give a more expression to the terroir. Adrien welcomed us in the domaine and we tasted different wine from barrels, from his solera which start in 1986. The Vin Clair were complete wines with tension energy and roundness, doing harvest at the perfect maturation. This allowed them to not doing chaptalisation also to create a base wine for the second fermentation with complexity a