Type

Sparkling Wine

Appellation

Champagne

Variety

100% Chardonnay

Stéphane wanted to create a non-vintage blend that would be more accessible, richer, and open right upon release. In 2018, he finally had the chance to start and created Chromatique - a wine that uses a bit of everything in the cellar to make a harmonious blend. Stéphane explains that the chromatic scale in music is the one which uses all the available notes, and so was a beautiful fit for this wine.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

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Soil type

Vinification

Fermentation and aging in stainless steel tanks (2/3) and used barrels (1/3). Malolactic fermentation is not blocked or encouraged, though it generally takes place in barrel and not in tank. 2018 Base Vintage: 2018 (76%) / Reserve Wines (24%).

Elevage10 months (approx.) in a combination of stainless steel tanks and barrels followed by a minimum two years of sur-lie aging.

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Additional info

UPC Code Bottle741718812829

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More about
the producer

Champagne Stéphane Regnault

Founded in 2007

4 hectares

Stéphane Regnault released his first single-vineyard cuvée from his family’s prime terroir in Oger and Le Mesnil in 2018. These bottles are the result of over a decade of reflection, experience, and trials. In 2007, after working briefly as a sommelier in London and an aerospace engineer in Paris, Stéphane returned to the Côte des Blancs to take over the family domaine. Inspired and influenced by the conversations he had with other young producers, Stéphane decided to stop using herbicides in the vineyards, and gradually converted to organic farming.

The domaine comprises four hectares of Chardonnay, divided equally between the legendary chalk terroirs of the Grand Cru villages Oger and Le Mesnil. The majority of the vines are between 40 and 60 years old. Stéphane has sele...