Champagne Lydien Grand Cru

Champagne Stéphane Regnault

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Type

Sparkling Wine

Appellation

Champagne

Variety

100% Chardonnay

'Lydien' is the expressive of Régnault's cuvées and is characterized by its openness and energy. The numbering of his cuvée names represents the vintage blend (example N° 29 = vintages 14 + 15 blend).

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Chemin de Flavigny Grand Cru

Soil type

Light topsoil w/ natural grass; transitional horizon not rich in chalk; subsoil is lightly fractured compact chalk

ExpositionSouth

Vinification

Native yeast fermentation. 40% of base vintage in stainless steel, 40% of base vintage in Foudre, 20% reserve wine from the perpetual Flavigny reserve (starting 2014). Complete malolactic fermentation. Dosage: extra-brut

ElevageAging on lees: 3 years, 9 months

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...