Champagne Collet

The history of Champagne Collet is inextricably bound to the history of the Champagne region. A founding member of COGEVI, the growers’ alliance, Champagne Collet’s history harkens back to the Revolt Champenoise that began in 1911.

The revolt resulted in the establishment of Champagne as an appellation (AOC) to counter fraudulent production; Champagne Collet was founded in 1921. It is located in the heart of Aÿ, a UNESCO World Heritage Site within the Vallée de la Marne growing region famous for Pinot Noir and one of Champagne’s 17 Grand Crus.

From the beginning, Champagne Collet has identified itself with the Art Deco period that became popular in the 1920s. The creative wave unleashed by the Art Deco style was the perfect accompaniment to the joy and abandon of life in the 1920s and remains part of the attraction to Champagne in the present day.

At harvest, at stations in each vineyard, the grapes are gently pressed within one hour of hand-harvesting. In this way, the clarity of the must is not compromised. An indigenous, natural primary fermentation then takes place at the winery. The wines are painstakingly blended, using the product from hundreds of individual vineyards and several vintages.

Blending is the ultimate art of Champagne, and is key to maintaining Champagne Collet’s incomparable house style. The cuvées are bottled with a bit of sugar and yeast for the second fermentation, or ‘prise de mousse.’ After disgorgement, the bottles are aged far beyond the minimum requirement in the winery’s 100-year-old chalk cellars resulting in softer wines needing less dosage.

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