Champagne Dhondt Grellet - Cramant - Grand Cru
Domaine Dhondt-Grellet is located in Flavigny , at the gates of Avize , in the heart of the Côte des Blancs de Champagne . The 6-hectare vineyard is planted with Chardonnay (in the communes of Cramant, Chouilly and Cuis) and Pinot Noir. in Avenay-Val-d'Or in the Grande Vallées de la Marne. In 1986, Eric Dhondt and Edith Grellet decided to stop selling grapes to merchants and launched Dhondt-Grellet. Their son, Adrien , now in his twenties, took over the winemaking and quickly took his family’s wines to another level. He slowly expanded the range of Champagnes produced by isolating their holdings across the villages of Cramant and Cuis and bottling the pure expressions of Chardonnay.
Cramant is a Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru , from Chardonnay vines aged 55 years and grown on chalky soil with exposure to the west and east. The base vintage (2020) represents 70 % of the blend, the remainder from a perpetual reserve dating back to 1986. The wine is vinified in barrels. It was bottled in May 2021 and disgorged in June 2023. The dosage is Extra-Brut at 1 g/L.
Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay