Tradition combines elegance and finesse!
The Gimonnet family has been based in the village of Cuis on the northern Côte de Blancs since the mid-17th century and began growing grapes in 1750. Pierre Gimonnet set an important milestone when he began producing champagne under his own label in the 1920s. Didier and Olivier brought the estate to its current reputation and now their sons Pierre-Guillaume and Arnaud are taking over responsibility.
12 of the 30 hectares of vineyards are located in the Grand Cru villages of Cramant, Chouilly and Oger, the rest in Cuis and some in Vertus (both 1er Cru). For the Gimonnets, the preservation of old vines (50 years and more) is the key to high wine quality. The average age of its vines is 35 years, in the Grand Cru sites a large proportion are over 40 years old, two very old parcels can be found in Cramant (Fond du Bâteau, planted in 1911) and in Buissons (planted in 1913).
Although the estate has a high proportion of Grand Cru sites, the proportion of 1er Cru wines, particularly from Cuis, plays a very important role. With its freshness and acidity, Cuis is the ideal counterpart to the depth and richness of Cramant and Chouilly. All parcels are vinified separately and only steel tanks are used in order to obtain wines that are as straightforward and precisely vinified as possible, full of finesse and minerality.
Since 1982, some of the reserve wines have been bottled with a little sugar to create a slight perlage. This keeps the wines fresh. Didier: ‘When the wines are stored in bottles, they undergo a completely different development. In tanks, the wine oxidises much more quickly. In the bottle, we preserve the wine with 4 grams of sugar (and a little yeast). The wine remains much fresher over a longer period of time. The wine also gains in complexity.’ For some years now, single-vineyard wines have been produced, something that the younger generation has also been promoting.
The wines from Gimonnet are first and foremost pure, elegant and full of finesse, age incredibly well, yet are very individual and show the classic character of the northern Côte des Blancs.
Facts: R.M., Cuis, Côte des Blancs, 250,000 bottles/year, 28 ha., of which 11 are in Grand Cru sites in Cramant and Chouilly, 1 in Oger, the remaining 16 hectares in Premier Cru sites in Cuis.
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