Blanc de Blanc

*As of January 1, 2025, Palm Bay International will be the U.S. importer of record for Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte.* Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte is France’s favorite Champagne, currently ranked as the No. 1 best-selling Champagne in France and the No. 3 best-selling Champagne in the world (IWSR 2024 on full-year 2023 data). Their origin story centers around Henri Macquart, pioneering founder of the Centre Vinicole de la Champagne, and Nicolas Feuillatte, a dynamic local businessman. Out of their shared passion for Champagne, a daring idea formed: create a new brand of excellence. An upstart that would knit together the tapestry of Champagne’s finest terroirs through an unrivaled network of heritage growers. Empowered by and headquartered at the Vinicole, Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte was officially founded in 1976, in the heart of the Côte des Blancs.

Deeply rooted in Champagne’s heritage grower community, Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte comprises 5,000 member growers across the entire appellation — accounting for one in three growers in the region — and spans the Côte des Blancs, the Côte de Bar, Montagne de Reims, and the Vallée de la Marne. This includes 11 of the region’s 17 Grands Crus and 26 of its 42 Premiers Crus. From this rare breadth of grapes, and thanks to the keen oversight of chief winemaker Guillaume Roffiaen, they have developed an approach and house style that is wholly unique.

Vintage 2018 Blanc de Blancs is 100% pure Chardonnay, the classic white grape variety, and as such more than lives up to its name. It reflects the remarkable character of the vintage, having more than proved its resistance and resilience faced with the many uncertainties experienced in the Champagne vineyards in 2018. The grapes are sourced from Premiers Crus in Cuis and Grauves, and also from the Coteaux du Sézannais and Petit Morin which link the Marne and Aube rivers, while more generous Chardonnays hale from the Vallée de la Marne and Montagne de Reims.

This is an elegant wine of remarkable freshness, to which the exceptional vintage brings longevity and added depth of soul. Appealing pale gold with delicate flashes of silver. The champagne gleams and glistens in tune with the effervescence. The bubbles are gossamer-fine and dynamic, suggesting a wine full of promise. The nose is sweet, floral primary aromas, redolent mimosa and white flowers. As the wine begins to breathe, new, more pastry-like aromas, of fresh butter and white bread, come to the fore. On the palate impressively lively and nimble, fresh and minty, succeeded by delectable fruity aromas of pear and apricot. Upfront, lean and elegant in structure. Full of vitality on the finish expressed through citrus freshness, and an overriding pink grapefruit dimension to stimulate the palate.