Cuvée Caudalies

The Cuvée Caudalies is a Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru from De Sousa and is regarded as one of the house's showpieces. The name refers to the caudalie, the measure of how long a wine's flavour lingers in the mouth. The grapes come from vines more than 50 years old in Avize, farmed biodynamically and organically. It is aged entirely in oak barrels, 8% of them new. The blend is half the base wine of the year and half a solera begun in 1995.

With only 5 g/L dosage it is Extra Brut and yet supple. On the palate there are brioche notes, together with the chalky minerality of Avize. This dense, concentrated Chardonnay gains with air, so a large glass at 10 to 12 °C is recommended. It goes with fish, shellfish, foie gras or caviar on toast.