Pure grand cru Chardonnay from the chalky, cool soils of Cramant in the Cote de Blancs. Lemon curd, lightly toasted brioche, green tea highlights. Long, savory and seductive; a captivating non-vintage wine that can age with the best of vintage bottles. Generally winemaker Michael Chauvet adds 30% reserve wine; aged for five years on fine lees. Dosage less than 9 grams
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What you discover with Domaine Lancelot-Royer Champagne is not only the purest expression of Chardonnay-based wine in the C te des Blancs but also a work of vinous art that has been meticulously guided from grape to glass. Winemaker Michel Chauvet is one of the last artisans who chooses to craft his Champagne exclusively by hand, the way it was made in the early 1900s before machines replaced manual labor. While Chauvet certainly makes 'grower' Champagne, his methods are so much more; if you seek truly authentic Champagne, Lancelot-Royer is the obvious choice. It is this dedication to the lost traditions of Champagne that captivated us back in the 1990s when we first met Chauvet and witnessed as he painstakingly capped and labeled dozens of bottles by hand wines too that he had personally riddled and degorged months before. Lancelot-Royer is certainly one of the smallest domaines in Champagne, yet this is a boon for a craftsman as dedicated to quality as is Chauvet. Each bottle is uncompromisingly faithful to the lemony delicacy that characterizes Cramant and the crystalline purity of the finest blanc de blancs wines
