Elegant, Terroir-Transparent Champagnes
A Featured Collection from the Champagne & Sparkling Sale!
by Dixon Brooke
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It had been many years since we introduced you to a new selection of ours from the Champagne region—not for lack of trying! In 2023, we finally found what we had been looking for in the small Champagne village of Écueil, on the Montagne de Reims, in the cellars of Nicolas Maillart. Nicolas owns and farms vineyards in Écueil, Villers-Allerand, and Bouzy, all just south of Reims. These are among the world’s greatest terroirs for growing Champagne grapes, and they have been brilliantly matched chez Maillart to Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir, and Petit Meslier in order to extract the best qualities of each grape for both his blended multi-vintage Champagnes and his single-vineyard-vintage bottlings. All of his Champagnes are fermented and aged in wood, minimally sulfured, and bottled unfiltered with very little dosage.
Nicolas has made wine at his family estate since 2003 and has had two decades to hone and perfect his house style. He controls, farms, and manages all of his vineyards himself, working all of his soils. His Champagnes are pure, elegant, terroir-transparent, stylish, and delicious! Tasting through his lineup of vins clairs is like tasting through a cellar of young wines in Burgundy, and he has figured out how to transform the magic he has in barrel into his resulting Champagnes that emerge years later. Nicolas Maillart is sure to be a household name in Champagne in the near future, and I know you will enjoy getting to know these as much as I have.
Elegant, Terroir-Transparent Champagnes
A Featured Collection from the Champagne & Sparkling Sale!
by Dixon Brooke
© Michael Bargo
Nicolas Maillart in his vines
© Jimmy Hayes
The village of Écueil
© Jimmy Hayes
Nicolas in the cellar
© Jimmy Hayes
The recipe for one bottle of Champagne
© Jimmy Hayes
Nicolas’s vineyards in Écueil, Villers-Allerand, and Bouzy are among the world’s greatest terroirs for growing Champagne grapes, and they have been brilliantly matched to Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir, and Petit Meslier in order to extract the best qualities of each grape.
Take 20% OFF wines in the collection below, now through the end of the year.
Click to apply this promo code to your order
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Wines In The Collection
Nicolas Maillart France | Champagne
Beautiful perfume of orange blossom, very fine with an incredibly soft mousse.
Nicolas Maillart France | Champagne
This Bouzy-dominant blend of Pinot Noir with 2% still red and 1 gram of dosage is bright, expressive, incisive, and chalky.
Nicolas Maillart France | Champagne
Planted on a base of chalk, this is a dry, focused Champagne with real class.
Nicolas Maillart France | Champagne
Presents a lush nose of plum and apricot preserves but dances across the palate and feels almost electric, wrapping up with notes of wild strawberry.
France | Champagne
Beautiful perfume of orange blossom, very fine with an incredibly soft mousse.
France | Champagne
This Bouzy-dominant blend of Pinot Noir with 2% still red and 1 gram of dosage is bright, expressive, incisive, and chalky.
France | Champagne
Planted on a base of chalk, this is a dry, focused Champagne with real class.
France | Champagne
Presents a lush nose of plum and apricot preserves but dances across the palate and feels almost electric, wrapping up with notes of wild strawberry.
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