Domaine Evremond Classic Cuvee Brut Edition 1 NV - Gift Case
£49.95 per bottle
£54.95 per bottle Gift Boxed
ABV 12.0 %
Edition I Blend
55% Pinot Noir
35% Chardonnay
10% Pinot Meunier
Domaine Evremond – the world-class English Sparkling Wine was proudly served at Windsor Castle’s state banquet, hosted by King Charles III for President Emmanuel Macron.
The NV Brut Classic Cuvée Edition I is the inaugural release of Champagne Taittinger’s English sparkling wine project founded in 2014, made from vines planted in 2017 in chalk and flint soils in Kent. It is based on the 2020 vintage with around 25% of reserve wines dating to the tiny first vintage of 2018 and the first proper vintage in 2019, all fermented and aged in stainless steel only, undergoing full malolactic conversion. The wine is a blend of 60% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay and 15% Pinot Meunier, reflecting the current plantings at the 69-hectare estate. A citric, bright lemon and green apple freshness defines the lively nose of the wine. More air allows lemony Viennoiserie to peep through, as well as an ozone breeze. Fine, creamy bubbles immediately distinguish the slender palate, where more lemon freshness is bedded in the smoothness of that exemplary mousse. An impressive and elegant debut, svelte and clean-cut, especially considering the Pinot Noir dominance of the wine. Châpeau.
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Anne Krebiehl MW, vinous.com, February 2025
Winemaking
The wine is fermented and matured entirely in stainless steel vats and undergoes malolactic fermentation.
Ageing
Three years on the lees
The soul of the wine
The Classic Cuvée expresses the heart and soul of Domaine Evremond. The Kentish terroir, with its chalky soils and oceanic influence, is expressed through the wine’s minerality and precision.
Behind the label
The label for Domaine Evremond Classic Cuvée was inspired by archived imagery of the figure who gave the estate its name: Charles de Saint-Évremond. The label’s oval shape mirrors the frame of his 1659 portrait by Pieter van Gunst, while the estate’s emblem, the cinquefoil (a heraldic five-petalled flower), is fashioned after Charles de Saint-Évremond’s crest.
