Extra Brut 82/15 Blanc de Blancs Chouilly Grand Cru

This cuvée 82/15 from Maison Vazart-Coquart will go perfectly with a fillet of bass with vanilla and pan-fried porcini mushrooms, hot duck foie gras with cinnamon-flavoured grapes or even a Paris Brest.

Vineyard of 11 hectares in Chouilly. Average age of the vineyard of 45 years. Village classified Grand Cru in the Côte des Blancs. Chalk subsoil in Bélemnite

Malolactic fermentation carried out. Temperature-controlled stainless steel vats

Champagne Vazart-Coquart is situated in the heart of the Côte des Blancs in Champagne, farming and producing Champagne in the Grand Cru village of Chouilly. The wines were introduced to South Africa via Pieter Ferreira (Graham Beck and Pieter Ferreira), an encyclopaedia of the Champagne region and admirer of the precision and craft at Vazart-Coquart. At the helm since 1991 is Jean-Pierre Vazart as the third generation. An imposing, characterful and innovative vigneron, who has transitioned the domaine parcels over to organic certified viticulture. Vazart are among the top independent and Grower Champagne producers in the region, farming 30 plots across 11ha and specialising in Chardonnay (Blanc de Blancs). Farming for quality over yield, these are far removed from the generic, mass produced offerings of Champagne.