Tasting Notes:
Gremillet Champagne Celebration Red or Gold Bottle. Showing a fine mousse in the glass and characteristic toasty yeast aromas, boosted by fuller fruit and more structure than the Brut Selection. Rich but elegant, with classic baked biscuit flavours and welcome burst of acidity on the finish.
Food Match:
Although delicious on its own, well chilled, or with light bites and simple fish dishes, this Champagne’s richer, more mature, yeasty complexity should also cope with stronger-flavoured fish such as mackerel or smoked salmon, and creamy or wine-based sauces.
Region/Producer:
The Gremillet estate was founded by Jean-Michel Gremillet in 1979 when he inherited a small plot of vines from his mother, Lulu. Today, the house possesses 55 hectares of vineyards and is situated in a small village 45 kilometres from Troyes – the historic capital of Champagne – and 180 kilometres south of Reims.
The vines lie on steep, sun-drenched hillsides in Kimmeridgian clay-limestone soils. Pinot Noir is king here, and constitutes around 80% of Gremillet’s plantings, with the remainder dedicated to Chardonnay, ideal for creating a classic, baked biscuit, rich, fruit-flavoured Champagne. Gremillet work to high standards at every stage of the Champagne making process, including ageing ther NV cuvées for two years instead of the required 15 months and their vintage cuvées for a minimum of five years instead of three.
Sustainability: Gremillet Champagne Celebration Red or Gold Bottle
This family owned and run Champagne house has been HVE 3 certified since 2020, and restricts its use of chemicals in the vineyards as much as possible. One of its cuvées is certified organic by ECOCERT (a rarity as less than 10% of production in the Champagne AOP is organic) and hopefully this is the start of a bigger process.
For more information about the producer:https://champagne-gremillet.fr/
