Cuvée Stanislas

Style

White

Type

Sparkling

Winemaker

Nicolas Uriel

Appellation

Champagne

Varieties

Chardonnay

Viticulture

Grapes are selected from a blend of vintage Chardonnay from Avize, Oger and Cramant. Hand-picked from Thiénot’s own vineyards, located in Premier and Grand Cru vineyard. The average age of the vines is 30 yrs old. The oldest vineyard is 70 years old.

Soil

Clay & limestone

Vinification

Grapes are pressed in a traditional manually operated vertical wine press and a computer controlled wine press. Selected yeast is used to start the 10-12 day fermetnation - mostly 18-2007 for its regularity, efficiency and ability to finish the alcoholic fermentation; also, has close to no influence on the aromatic style of the wine. The wine is unfined.

Aging

Aging on the lees takes place for a minimum of 9 years in the cellar before release. The wine will remain on the lees in bottle until it is disgorged on demand.