Champagne GARDET, CHIGNY LES ROSES (France)

Champagne GARDET is a medium sized and family-owned company that was created in 1895, when Charles Gardet founded his establishment in Epernay. In the 1930s, Georges Gardet, son of the founder, moved to Chigny-les-Roses, a premier Cru-ranked village in the heart of the "Montagne de Reims", with a very precise aim: to develop the Champagne Gardet brand, whilst continuing to supply wines of unimpeachable quality.To do so, he based his method on the secular champagne making rules: a high-quality grapes supply and a wine making process fully oriented toward excellence.Champagne GARDET is the 20th House of Champagne (in volume), with an annual production of approx. 1 million bottles. About 50% of it is exported, mainly to Europe (Great Britain, Belgium, Germany ...), and to Japan, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada... There are 9 different champagnes in the complete range, produced in the most traditional way, using only "cuvée" (first juice from the pressing). The greatest care is taken to produce high quality products by leaving the champagnes on the lies in the vaulted cellars for the longest possible (way over the legal requirement) and by being one of the few Houses still using oak barrels to age part of the reserve wines.