Castelnau : Powerful, intuitive and elegant champagnes

Champagne Castelnau is made to be shared. Its vintages will transport you to a world of their own, with true character, as Cellar Master Carine Bailleul likes to repeat.

In the lifetime of Champagne Castelnau vintages, human intervention is ultimately very brief. "We receive the young wines and then we bring them to maturity," marvels Carine Bailleul, because it is in the depths of the cellars that the vintages acquire that famous extra soul.

Almost forgotten for at least five years, the bottles will protect a secret. It is during these years that the wines, in contact with the lees, will experience that blend of chemistry and mystery that fascinates the taste buds.

This time is necessary to allow the wines to experience the history written within these chalk walls, and to be imbued with the spirit of all these "shapers" of Champagne Castelnau.

In the calm of the galleries, the wines will acquire and refine a unique character, combining a singular aromatic signature, for example, evoking flavors of toast, with a delicate effervescence. The finer the bubbles, the better they stimulate the sensory receptors to deliver flavors and emotions.

More elegant and expressive, the bubbles draw their finesse from the maturity of the champagnes.

The long aging on lees offers a cocoon of serenity and fullness. The tasters' patience is rewarded when the champagne lets its personality shine through.