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All you need to know about champagne vintages

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Each winemaker, each House, elaborates its own cuvées to constitute its range of champagnes. The name of a cuvée comes from its blend (the different wines that make it up) and/or its dosage (the sugar content).
The "non-millésimé" brut

is a blend of several years. It is a classic of champagne, it is representative of the style of the House. A non-vintage can have different dosages (see Memo dosage).
The vintage

is only made of wines from the same year. We choose to vintage a wine when the harvest was exceptional, which gives it a great character.
The rosé

original by its color and full-bodied, is elaborated by maceration of black grapes (rosé de saignée) or by the contribution of still red wine not sparkling of Champagne (rosé of assembly). It is the only French wine that can be made using this technique.
The special cuvée

vintage or not, is composed of the most subtle wines. It is an exceptional cuvée that contributes to the prestige of a House and reveals its know-how.
Memo dosage
Mild + 50g of sugar / liter
SEMI-DRY between 32 and 50g of sugar / liter
DRY between 17 and 32g of sugar / liter
EXTRA DRY between 12 and 17g of sugar / liter
GROSS from 12g of sugar / liter
EXTRA RAW between 0 and 6g of sugar / liter


Good to know

The term "cuvée" corresponds initially to the first juices extracted during the
during the harvest (20.50 hl from a 4000 kg marc). These very pure juices give wines of great finesse, with subtle aromas.