Antoine Bouvet Millésime 2018 Extra Brut

Antoine is the grandson of Guy Bouvet who founded the Champagne house in 1970. Always curious in the winemaking, Antoine followed his grandfather since he was a young child. When Antoine turned 17, Guy Bouvet gave him the estate.

Antoine Bouvet is based in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, just a stone's throw from Épernay. It is spread over three villages classified as premier cru: Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Bisseuil and Avenay-Val-d'or. If the estate has skipped a generation - Antoine's father chose to pursue a career in accounting - Antoine benefits from his grandfather's extraordinary work on the plant front. Old mass selections make up the richness of its vines, their great age allows them to dig deep into the chalky soils and their genetic diversity brings unparalleled complexity. Recently, his brother Maxime joined him on the estate.

Antoine looks after the small 5ha of which only 1ha is used for his own production whilst the rest is sold to Bollinger. This means that that very limited bottles are produced and on average only a 1000 bottles are made per cuvée.

In the vineyards, Antoine practices biodynamic methods, uses spontaneous fermentation and believes in minimum intervention order to preserve the purity of his fruit as much as possible. In the cellar, fermentation begins naturally and there is as little intervention as possible on the wines.
where the chalky soils are the delicacy of the great Champagne wines.

Antoine’s love and admiration for his grandfather can be seen in the homage to him on his wine labels. A true young rising star of Champagne.

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