Champagne Chapuy 'Livrée Noire' Grand Cru '12

What to expect - Artisanal producer making limited quantities of this incredible vintage champagne - Grand Cru vineyards from Oger. - Food pairing spiced Duck or other poultry An exceptional Cuvée, at the peak of its maturity, a remarkable balance at the height of the reputation of the Grands Champagnes brings you a note of luxury and magnificence in its special bottle. An interesting note about this wine Chapuy was featured in the famous Japanese Manga "Drops of God". They even collaborated to issue a special edition Champagne with a scene of the manga printed on the bottle, captioned "Forget me not." About the House Champagne CHAPUY is a family estate of 8 ha vineyards . The majority of them are planted in the "Côte des Blancs" with Chardonnay grape variety, which allows to produce a fine and light Blanc de Blancs Champagne, very typical of this region. Among them, 3 ha belong to the famous "Grand Cru" village of Oger. Other family plots, located in the "Coteaux Sud d'Epernay" and planted with Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grape varieties (3ha), are used to produce the blended Champagnes, more fruity and mellow. CHAPUY Family is inextricably linked with Oger's history because one of its ancestors was mayor of the village just after the French Revolution. Wine - growing is stuck in the family tradition since more than a century, but Serge CHAPUY was the actual brand creator and started to commercialise Champagne in 1952. His son Arnold ,the actual Chairman , decided in 1981 to succeed his father at the head of the Family Estate . He was joined by his daughter Elodie in 2003 , who cares about the development of the brand overseas. Aurore, the younger daughter of the CHAPUY's family is in charge of the vineyards farming and winemaking since 2008. Technical Details: 61% Pinot noir and 39% Chardonnay. Grand Cru Vineyards. Village: Oger, Region:Côte des Blancs Viticulture: Organic. this is all coming from the 2012 harvest. Production 1800 bottles   Food Pairing A taste for connoisseurs as an aperitif, this well structured Champagne will find its place around noble dishes such as lobster sauce, poultry stuffed with foie gras or why not a goose lacquered with honey and spices?