Champagne Pascal Doquet - Champagne Grand Cru - Diapason Blanc de Blancs Extra-Brut - White

Wine:

The Diapason Blanc de Blancs Extra-Brut Champagne Grand Cru reveals a broad, dense texture that’s been finely sculpted. Its vinous, mouthwatering structure promises graceful evolution over the next fifteen years. What vitality, what length! This cuvée is composed of 32% wines from the 2017 harvest and 68% from a perpetual reserve begun in 2012, which incorporates roughly half of the most recent vintage each year. A large portion of the wines are vinified in seasoned oak barrels, adding depth without overt oak influence.

Vinification:

Hand harvested. Terroir: Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. Malolactic fermentation completed. Aged for 7 months on lees, with approximately half of the wines vinified in small old oak barrels. Blend: 100% Chardonnay, 32% wine from 2017 and 68% wines from a perpetual reserve started in 2012, incorporating approximately half of the wines from the last harvest each year. Bottled in April 2018. Dosage: 3 g/l (Extra-Brut)

Certified organic wine.

Temperature:

Serve between 8 and 10°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Appetiser, salmon terrine with herbs, saffron prawns, monkfish roasted in salted butter, sea bass in a salt crust.

Cellar aging:

From today until 2036, and even longer for enthusiasts.

Awarded 3 stars by the French wine guide RVF, Pascal Doquet is a go-to name for lovers of precise, vibrant Champagnes made from Chardonnay.

This small, 9-hectare estate based in Vertus cultivates some of Champagne’s finest terroirs organically—including prestigious Côte des Blancs crus like the Grand Cru Mesnil-sur-Oger, as well as the chalky slopes around Vitry-le-François.

Vinification is partly carried out in oak barrels, though never with new wood, and the dosage is always carefully controlled following extended ageing in the cellar. The result: honest, finely crafted Champagnes with long, saline, and characterful finishes.