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Domaine Petit & Bajan Grand Cru Brut Promise NV
(Carefully curated notes below are taken directly from the Producer’s website)
Varietal Composition
60% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir
Location
France • Champagne • Avize• Verzenay
The Terroir:
Estate vines (Chardonnay) are found on pure chalk soils in Avize; estate vines (Pinot Noir) are found on a mix of chalk and clay in the village of Verzenay.
Food Pairing
Smoked fish or aged cow’s cheese; white meat with fresh herbs; rich shellfish
About the producer!
Champagne Petit & Bajan is the chiseled jewel of Richard and Véronique Petit. Together, they cultivate two of the greatest terroirs of Champagne: Avize and Verzenay, classified Grand Cru vineyards. Their many meetings, tastings and reflections decidedly reveal at the end of 2008, the high potential of their terroirs to offer the form that would become their own wine.
The richness of their heritage shape its development with attention to detail, patience and requirement. Every little detail counts … and that is how we access today to the pure, precise and stylish range of Champagne Petit & Bajan.
Richard Petit’s family roots in Avize go back centuries, caring for Chardonnay on the chalky soils of the Côte de Blancs. Véronique Bajan’s clan hails from Pinot Noir terroir in Verzenay, grand cru land on the Montagne de Reims. Love, then marriage, came first in 1997; then in 1999, when Richard took over his family’s winery in Avize, the idea that they could create wine together blossomed. With Richard’s attention to detail in the fields and Véronique’s tasting prowess in the cellar, the small-batch, grand cru wines of Petit & Bajan are very much the voice of Champagne’s new generation. These are bold, vinous wines that set a higher bar for grand cru Champagne.
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