Carte d'Or – Magnum

Magnum Champagne – Drappier Carte d'Or – Brut

The Magnum Champagne Drappier Carte d'Or Brut is the prestige cuvée of the Drappier house from Urville in Champagne, which was first produced in 1952. Here in the 1500ml magnum bottle. The large magnum champagne bottle is an elegant gift and a good size for a soirée with friends.

Drappier Champagne Carte d'Or Brut is a cuvée made from 80% Pinot Noir, 15% Chardonnay and 5% Pinot Meunier. The slightly coppery cuvée, which is almost a Blanc de Noir, has a lively mousse with fine bubbles, seduces with the scent of white peach, subtle notes of red berries, lemon zest and hazelnuts, and a delicate rose scent. The champagne is harmonious, complex and has a good length, ending in a mineral finish dominated by chalk.

Drappier Champagne – Lots of Pinot Noir, Little Sulphur

The Drappier family has lived and worked in the south of Champagne in the Côte des Bar region since 1808. About 100 hectares of this special terroir are characterized by the unique cool climate, the chalky soils interspersed with Kimmeridgian marl, and optimal slope orientations (south-southeast).

After harvesting the grapes, Champagne Drappier takes great care to produce the most elegant and aromatic wines as naturally as possible. Upon arrival at the winery, the grapes are gently pressed using mechanical low-pressure presses. Only the cuvée, the first part of the pressing, is used for the champagne. The grape must is treated with great care to avoid oxidation, and processed without pumping, using only gravity. The base wine is fermented with natural yeasts and aged in stainless steel tanks, 5% mature for one year in French oak barrels. To make the champagne more complex, 40% of this cuvée comes from reserve wines of older vintages. A special technique that has a significant tradition in Champagne. The cuvée has naturally undergone malolactic fermentation, meaning the malic acid in the wine has transformed into milder lactic acid, which provides a special mouthfeel with a slightly creamy structure and further complexity to the champagne cuvée.

To carry out one of the most important steps in producing a good champagne: the blending, i.e., bringing together the various base wines for the second fermentation, three generations come together at Drappier and contribute their taste and lived experience: Grandfather André Nicolas, father Michel, as well as grandchildren Charline, who heads sales and marketing, Hugo, who is now cellarmaster at Drappier, and Antoine Drappier, who again cultivates the vineyards with the help of horses.

Of course, Drappier Champagne undergoes its second fermentation in traditional bottle fermentation: according to the Méthode Champenoise. After three years of bottle aging, Drappier Magnum Champagne Carte d’Or comes onto the market. The champagne is unfiltered and uncolored. And Michel Drappier is known for using as little sulfur (less than 30mg/l) as necessary.

Carte d‘Or Brut – Magnum Champagne

• Côte des Bar
• 80% Pinot Noir
• 15% Chardonnay
• 5% Pinot Meunier
• Dosage 5.5g/l
• Brut
• 12% vol. alcohol