Champagne Mixolydien Grand Cru

Champagne Stéphane Regnault

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Type

Sparkling Wine

Appellation

Champagne

Variety

100% Chardonnay

Reminiscent of the Mixolydien mode, this cuvée is complex, balanced, and marked by a rare silkiness. The first release of Mixolydien is a single vintage (2014), disgorged in 2019. Future bottlings will be from the perpetual solera of the Moulin vineyard starting in 2014. The numbering of his cuvée names represents the vintage blend (example N° 29 = vintages 14 + 15 blend).

Viticulture
Vineyard name

Moulin Grand Cru

Soil type

Thin topsoil supported by grass plantings; transitional horizon rich in chalk and fairly deep; subsoil of soft, fractured chalk.

Vine age1970s
ExpositionEast
Vinification

Native yeast fermentation. 65% base vintage in barrel, 35% reserve wine (starting 2014). Malolactic fermentation is neither encouraged or blocked - generally occurs in the barrels, but not in the tanks.

ElevageAging on the lees: 4 years, 10 months