Joseph Perrier Vintage

'An exceptional vintage in Champagne. Despite low yields thanks to frost, hail and disease early in the season, August saw conditions improve dramatically resulting in exemplary maturity, acidity and grape health at harvest' - Jancis Robinson

Family run and led by the delightful Jean- Claude Fourmon, this Grande Marque House was founded in 1825 in Châlons en Champagne, where it has over 3km of cellars carved out of the chalk hillside. With its own vineyard holdings of some 20 hectares in Cumières in the heart of Champagne, they produce top quality Champagne. This Cuvee Royale Brut Vintage is the result of blending parcels of wine from 15 Grand and Premier Cru vineyards (Chardonnay 50%; Pinot noir 41%; Pinot Meunier 9%). Intimate notes of citrus peel. A rich but tamed length waiting to soar, myriad noble tannins give a hint of raptures to come with this woody vintage with fruit flavours (blackcurrant, gooseberry, and fig).