Brut Tradition, Champagne Michel Guilleminot
Champagne drinking certainly isn’t getting any cheaper. Which these days typically means paying an average of £40+ for a bottle of off-the-shelf, big-brand (i.e. big marketing budget) champers made from fruit sourced from who-knows-where? across the endless sprawl Champagne’s vineyards.
Because for well under £30 you savour artisanal ‘grower Champagne’ made of fruit sourced from this small estate’s own vineyards instead of fruit from those of a high-volume grower completely removed from Guilleminot’s site-specific terroir.
Terroir yielding 100% estate-grown pinot noir for a blanc de noirs that undergoes three years of lees ageing (far beyond Champagne’s minimum requirement) and is then disgorged in-house.
Terroir that is expressed in delicate floral, citrus, and brioche aromas and on a palate bursting with juicy red-berry and zesty citrus flavours, all complemented by a creamy mousse.
As such, Guilleminot embodies the essence of la méthode champenoise, providing the Champagne enthusiast with the tradition's purest expression. As such, that enthusiast has every reason to take up today’s offer.
Really lovely champagne. Tastes way more expensive than it is. Rivals some good vintage champagnes. Love the label too.
My favourite champagne, not a lover of some chardonay champagnes.
What a treat! Bought for my self-isolated birthday; it lasted me three days and kept its fizz throughout. "It fizzes and bubbles/And banishes troubles" (Nol Coward).