Champagne Lydien Grand Cru

Champagne Stéphane Regnault

Type

Sparkling Wine

Appellation

Champagne

Variety

Chardonnay

Lydien is the most expressive of Régnault's cuvées and is characterized by its openness and energy.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Le Chemin de Flavigny

Soil type

Thin, well-structured topsoil with lumpy with clovers as cover crops, with a subsoil of very pure and compacted chalk

Vines planted in1950s, 1980s

Vineyard size2 x 0.25 ha

ExpositionSouth

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.

Elevage30 months minimum sur-lie

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Additional info

Total production average1,800 bottles

UPC Code Bottle741718812805

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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...