Lancelot Pienne : Table Ronde Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru

The harmonious expression of a fine Champagne terroir in an exceptional cuvée by Lancelot Pienne

The producer

Founded over 120 years ago, the Lancelot Pienne Champagne House has been producing, from generation to generation, vintages that authentically express the richness and refinement of the Champagne terroir. With a wealth of experience in different houses, Jean-Baptiste Lancelot, a passionate winegrower, decided at the end of the Second World War to produce his own wines. A few years later, one of his sons married Brigitte Pienne and the house of Lancelot Pienne was born. Carrying out a perpetual quest for authenticity and excellence, Lancelot Pienne is a family-run, independent house that is renowned for the precision and richness of its champagnes, which are regarded as "vins d'auteur".

The vineyard

Historically established in the heart of the Champagne region, near Cramant, Lancelot Pienne reigns over an 8.30-hectare vineyard that spreads over the terroirs of the Côte des Blancs and the Marne Valley.

The wine

Table Ronde Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru by Lancelot Pienne is a champagne made from a selection of Grands Crus from the Côte des Blancs. The vineyard is 50 years old on average and is planted on limestone soils.

Vinification and ageing

This cuvée is vinified in small temperature-controlled stainless steel vats. Alcoholic fermentation is carried out at a temperature of 18-20°C. 100% malolactic fermentation. Blending of 80% of the 2015 harvest with 15-year-old Chardonnay Grands Crus and aged based on the Solera process. This champagne is aged for several months in the chalky cellars of the family-owned champagne house. Disgorgement is carried out 6 months before being released and the dosage is 3.5 g/litre.

Table Ronde Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru by Lancelot Pienne is the perfect expression of the style of this Champagne House.

The blend

Lancelot Pienne's Table Ronde Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru is a 100% Chardonnay.

Table Ronde Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru by Lancelot Pienne: Characteristics and tasting tips

The tasting

Harmonious and precise, Lancelot Pienne's Table Ronde Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru seduces with its salinity conferred by its chalky terroir as well as its beautiful minerality resulting in delicious notes of "gunflint".