In the glass
Aroma: mandarin, lemon, red fruit, white flowers
Palate: playful zesty fruit, affable forward style, fresh acidity, clean finish
Gaston Chiquet's Premier Cru house brut: playful and zesty with mandarin and lemon complementing red fruit, an affable, forward style with fresh acidity.
What it pairs with
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Croque monsieur
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Fresh zesty acidity cuts the ham and cheese. -
Roast chicken
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Red fruit and citrus meet roasted poultry. -
Oeuf mayonnaise
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Playful fruit refreshes the egg.
History
Gaston Chiquet's Tradition is the family's Premier Cru Dizy house brut, bottled by one of Champagne's pioneering grower families since the 1930s.
- 1935 — Gaston Chiquet begins estate bottling at Dizy
Facts
- Producer
- Champagne Gaston Chiquet
- Grapes
- Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier
- Classification
- AOC Champagne
- Oak
- Stainless steel; Premier Cru Dizy three-grape house blend
- ABV
- 12.0%
- Price
- EUR 35 to 50 at retail
- Drinking window
- now to 6 from release
- First vintage
- 1935
Scores
- Decanter 90