From planting to the harvest, our vines our carefully crafted following their growth cycle.
From planting to the harvest, our vines our carefully crafted following their growth cycle.
As the festive season approaches, the vines enter in their dormant period. There, we take the time to prune each vine branch to foster a powerpul growth for the next season. From the pruning to the harvest, we will still have to go through crown suckering, tying up, trellising, soil work or follow-up of the maturity.
At each step, we make choices and take decisions that will shape the future harvest and champagnes.
These choices are influenced by the different grapes varieties grown on our plots. In Champagne, there are 7 types among which the most famous are : Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meunier (the four others being Arbane, Petit Meslier, Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc).
On our slopes, the three main grape variaties can be found offering a diversity of unique expressions and personnalties to our champagnes. The Meunier, symbol of the Marne Valley, gives a fruity richness and a remarkable flexibility to our champagnes. The Chardonnay brings an incomparable elegance and delicacy, while the Pinot Noir contributes to the structure and excellence of our cuvées.
At Gaudinat-Boivin Champagne House, the Meunier reigns supreme, representing 72% our our planted plots.
The Chardonnay, on its side, represents a small proportion (18%) as well as the Pinot Noir (10%). We sometimes keep exceptionnal years in our tanks and barrils to produce single-variety wines like our Blanc de blancs 2017.
