GARDET
Montagne d Reims, FR
There is a special stye, fragrance, maturity, and finesse that all of the Gardet Champagnes have. And it’s only after years of patient work and loving care that these wines earn the right to bear the noble name of “Champagne Gardet”.
Champagne Gardet is a medium sized and family-owned company that was created in 1895, when Charles Gardet founded his establishment in Epernay. In the 1930s, Georges Gardet, son of the founder, moved to Chigny-les-Rosés, a premier Cru-ranked village in the heart of the “Montagne de Reims”, with a very precise aim: to develop the Champagne Gardet brand, whilst continuing to supply wines of unimpeachable quality. To do so, he based his method on the secular champagne making rules: a high-quality grapes supply and a wine making process fully oriented toward excellence. This purpose and the respect of tradition are still at the heart of the current owners’ preoccupations: the PRIEUX family. Deeply attached to their roots, the Champagne region, the family has been working in the arboricultural and agricultural sectors for years; passing on their love for their land from generation to generation.
Champagne Gardet is the 20th House of Champagne (in volume), with an annual production of approx. 1 million bottles. The greatest care is taken to produce high quality products by leaving the champagnes on the lies in the vaulted cellars for the longest possible (way over the legal requirement) and by being one of the few Houses still using oak barrels to age part of the reserve wines.
The City of Paris recently announced that it has chosen the Gardet Brut Tradition Champagne as the “Official Champagne of the City of Paris”. It will be served at all official City of Paris functions. This is a remarkable achievement for such a small producer.