Winery: Henri Giraud
Grapes: 80% Pinot Noir 20% Chardonnay
Region: France
Volume: 750ml
Description: PR19-90 is a blend of two of Henri Giraud’s perpetual reserves – one nourished by the ‘Aÿ Grand cru Fût de Chêne’ from each vintage since 1990, and the other by the ‘Esprit Nature’. With this, cellarmaster Sébastien Le Golvet is playing with time and history introducing an amazing energy to a great white wine and opening up a whole new dimension of Champagne: one in which space and time are suspended, and in which complexity of great wine prevail.
A perpetual reserve is the history and the DNA of a Champagne House. It blends wines in one vessel over multiples harvests: each year, after the first fermentation, the cellar master adds young wines to the perpetual reserve and draws off what he needs to bottle the non- vintage cuvees for the year. The blend takes on greater depth and nuance with time bringing layers of complexity to Champagne.