Roc Solare Extra Brut

Pork, Shellfish, Rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), Mild and soft cheese

The Champagne Extra Brut 1er Cru Roc Solare from the Dhondt-Grellet maison is an exclusive blend dominated by bunches of Chardonnay, enriched with small additions of Pinot Noir. This champagne comes from carefully selected plots of the Côte de Sezannais, cultivated with approximately 40-year-old vines of age, which contribute to exceptional complexity and depth.

The manual harvest is followed by fermentation in steel and oak barrels for 8 months. Subsequently, the wine is blended with reserve wines and undertakes a refermentation in the bottle according to the Champenoise method. It will refine for 25 months on its own yeasts.

The Dhondt-Grellet story really begins in 1986, when Eric Dhondt & Edith Grellet made the decision to stop selling off their grapes to négociants and began bottling under their own label. The family has taken their focus on farming to produce honest Champagnes from holdings across the Côte des Blancs. Eric & Edith’s son, Adrien, has now taken over the winemaking and is continuously pushing to take the wines to the next level. He has increased the number of bottlings from the family estate by singling out specific holdings to be bottled on their own resulting in some truly pure expressions of Chardonnay.