La Vigne aux Gamins 2009

La Vigne aux Gamins is a rarity: only 4,000 bottles exist of the 2009 vintage. The Chardonnay comes from a 60-year-old plot in Avize on chalk soils, named after the family's children, Stanislas and Garance. With just 4 g/l dosage as an extra brut and more than 11 years on the lees, the result is a champagne of great depth. In the golden glass you find stone fruit, candied lemon, honey, brioche and minerality. On the palate come dried lemon, hay and almond, carried by freshness and purity.

Serve it at 10 to 12 °C in a large white wine glass. It goes with lobster, sushi and tuna or salmon tartare, and of course as an aperitif. It comes in a presentation box, which makes it a special gift.