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Champagne Etienne Calsac

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Type

White Wine

Appellation

Coteaux Champenois

Variety

100% Petit Meslier

This still wine sees seven months of skin-contact prior to bottling. The leaf on the front label is a cyanotype of an Arbane leaf.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Côte de Sézanne - Montgenost

Soil type

Sandy chalk soils

ExpositionSouthern

Vinification

Indigenous yeasts

Elevage7 months in oak barrel with full skin contact

More about
the producer

Champagne Etienne Calsac

Founded in 2010

3 hectares

In 2010, at the age of 26, Etienne Calsac decided to take control of his grandparents’ three hectares of vineyards scattered in and around Avize, which had previously been rented out to the grandes maisons. Chez Calsac, stewardship of the terroir is the basis for great Champagne, so Etienne set out to ensure that all the vineyards are planted with grass cover crops, plowed, and transitioned to organic farming.

Etienne himself had worked several vintages helping with press before starting his own domaine, and he decided to maintain the same strict quality controls, as well as add a few personal touches inspired by tastings and conversations with other young vignerons. Each parcel is vinified separately, with a small percentage of wines aged in barrels. In addition to the p...