Stéphane Regnault Champagne - 'Mixolydien N°14' Grand Cru

Type

Sparkling Wine

Appellation

Champagne

Variety

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.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Le Moulin

Soil type

Silky chalk basement

Vines planted in1970s

Vineyard size0.42 ha

ExpositionEast

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.

Elevage50% aged in stainless steel vat with malolactic fermentation, 35% aged in oak barrels with partial malolactic fermentation and reserve wines.

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Additional info

Total production average1,800 bottles

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...