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LAURENT LEQUART (LEFT), W<strong>IT</strong>H KÉVIN SIBILLE, EXPORT AND<br />
FRENCH TRADE MANAGER, W<strong>IT</strong>H TWO INTERNS STUDYING FOR<br />
A WINE AND SPIR<strong>IT</strong>S MARKETING DEGREE<br />
TASTING AT CHAMPAGNE LEQUART<br />
Lequart. “Before the winemaking process, we focus on the grape varieties,<br />
single-vineyard selections, soil typicity and then winemaking, going into<br />
granular detail to promote and showcase unique labels. You have to be wellequipped<br />
to succeed and need to devote some time to thinking about technical<br />
conditions, starting with planting and expertise in winemaking and packaging,<br />
whilst taking typicity into account. This is true of our Coeur de Cuvée, which<br />
sports a label in stone as a nod to its minerality”. Among the extensive range,<br />
a collection of outstanding mature vintages highlights the efforts poured into<br />
crafting Pinot Meunier, which shows incredible ageing potential and is highly<br />
appreciated.<br />
CHAMPAGNE COLLERY: RICHNESS AND HARMONY<br />
This superb Champagne house illustrates the beginnings of Champagne and<br />
how far it has come along its journey to fame. Jules-Anatole Collery created<br />
the brand in 1893. This pioneering winegrower was one of the first to conduct<br />
a secondary fermentation and to market bottled wines in an era when selling<br />
grapes was the norm. His innovative approach won him his first gold medal<br />
in Paris in 1904, then enabled him to grow his business and produce Grands<br />
Crus. “Our Champagnes are appetising, elegant, balanced and entirely unique”,<br />
comments managing director Romain Lévêcque. “Each one of them epitomises<br />
an iconic focus of Champagne winemaking. The Brut is the house’s exercise<br />
in style; the Extra Brut underscores a particular interpretation of the role of<br />
32 WINTER 2023 • GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE