REGION: Champagne, FRANCE
GRAPE(S): 90% Chardonnay, 10% Pinot Noir
Winemaker: Adrien dhondt
Farming: practicing organic, practicing biodynamic
For years Eric Dhondt and Edith Grellet would sell off their grapes to negociants. However, in 1986 they decided to switch their focus to not only farming but producing Champagne from their estate fruit across the Ctes des Blancs. Today their son, Adrien, has taken over the winemaking and is quickly bringing his familys wines to another level by slowly increasing the range of Champagnes produced by isolating their holding across the villages of Cramant and Cuis. Fruit for Roc Solare comes from meticulously selected plots in the flinty soils of the Cte de Sezannais. Apples, citrus fruit, and hazelnut leap from the glass, and are followed by a dry, yet creamypalate that shows a richness from the addition of mature reserve wine.
