ABOUT THIS WINE
Planted to 45-year-old Pinot Noir vines, Largillier enjoys a southern exposure and clay-limestone soil whose sub-soil is the same Kimmeridgian chalk as in Chablis.Production is approximately 300 cases per vintage.
Largillier is an extraordinary Champagne not only due to its incredibly special site but because of Guillaumes inspired approach to making it. He leaves the wine from the current harvest on the lees in barrel for two years, before combining it with the perpetual reserve for a third year of aging. Only then does Guillaume put it into bottle for the secondary fermentation.
Thatplus the Kimmeridgian chalk soilallows Largillier to develop complexity and palate texture like no other young Champagne.
ABOUT THIS PRODUCER
Guillaume started his own label in 2009 with a small parcel in Cramant, Au Dessus du Gros Mont, that he inherited from his grandmother.
In 2012, he teamed with Aube grower Jerome Coessens to craft the barrel-aged Largillier, a champagne like no other. Guillaume likens it to the Rioja Gran Reserva whites of earlier generations. With less than 50 cases of Au Dessus du Gros Mont and 300 cases of Largillier produced, Guillaumes wines have rapidly joined the list of Champagnes great cult wines.
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