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I SPECIAL FEATURE I CHAMPAGNE I ADVERTORIAL Champagne Palmer & Co goes green with 100% recycled gift box The house's iconic prestige cuvée, Amazone de Palmer, will be presented in an environmentally friendly gift box, which is 27% lighter than other packaging and made from FSC-certified virgin fibres. As CEO Rémi Vervier explains: "We are determinedly looking to the future and are aware that it is necessary to move forward to make wines that respect the environment, uphold and protect the union between the terroir and people. We want to state loud and clear our strong values of ethics and excellence.” The move is part of the champagne maker's sustainable development progress plan which was launched in 2015 and marks a new phase in its quality, safety and environmental policy. It follows the construction of its state-of-the-art winery in 2018, which meets high environmental standards and saw the introduction of beehives two years later. The box, a tribute to Palmer & Co’s emblematic Premier and Grand Crus, is made from FibreForm paper, an innovative packaging material from the Swedish company BillerudKorsnäs. Its high-strength makes it possible to replace plastic, glass or metal with a tactile, renewable and allnatural material sourced from responsibly managed forests. The ultra-premium Champagne House, founded in 1947, also has more than 220 hectares of vineyard which received HVE3 and VDC certification last year. Amazone de Palmer, a blend of Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs from renowned terroirs of the Montagne de Reims, are aged on lees for ten years in chalk cellars before undergoing manual remuage - or riddling. The gift box's unique decorative finish, inspired by the domaine's chalky soils and embossed designs, has been brought to life by French printing company Le Sanglier Hall 6 / Stand A-043 Hall 6 / Stand GH-068-15 Pierre Trichet Rosé de Saignée reinvents traditional Champagne Champagne producer Pierre Trichet signs a new exclusive product with his Rosé de Saignée, an exceptional vintage packaged in an eco-friendly box made of linen and vine stock. 1,573 numbered bottles. This is the total number of Pierre Trichet Rosé de Saignée. The cuvée breaks all the presentation codes of traditional champagne. The bottle, the colour of the wine, the original packaging : all this makes this vintage extraordinary! With his Rosé de Saignée, Trichet demonstrates the brand's commitment to a sustainable, eco-responsible viticulture. The champagne producer is working hand in hand with local suppliers bringing multiple achievements: • a 100% paper cap, a real innovation • an openwork capsule displaying its logo, with 99% ink reduction • an original 100% natural, eco-friendly box made of compressed linen and vine stock. Never seen before! in the production. Since 2019, the producer completely stopped the use of herbicides. An achievement which earned the company a High Environmental Value level 3 label as well as a Viticulture Durable en Champagne certification. All of this without compromising on the quality of its range of racy and original champagnes. Rosé de Saignée is no exception. Made from the 2018 harvest, from 70% Pinot Meunier & 30% Pinot Noir Premier Cru, Pierre Trichet's Rosé de Saignée offers a very intense colour with ruby tints, a raspberry and blood orange nose, a fruity, crisp and pulpy palate with notes of blackberry, sloe, pomelo and accents of peppery violet and poppy This green approach is part of Pierre Trichet's continuous work to include eco-responsible practices Hall 6 / Stand B-187 16 • THE DAILY • MONDAY 14 TH FEBRUARY 2022 vinexposium-connect.com
I SPECIAL FEATURE I CHAMPAGNE I © Claudine Grin Collard-Picard Champagne Synesthésie redefines "the pleasure of the senses" "The pleasure of the senses gives meaning to pleasure". With these words, the owners of the Champagne House Collard-Picard created "Synesthésie", an exceptional champagne vintage set in a jewel-like box... Konrat, four hedonist cuvées of Champagne Champagne Konrat to present four delicately balanced and hedonist vintages at Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris "Synesthésie" celebrates all of the human senses, a blend of feelings that French poet Charles Baudelaire celebrated in his most famous collection of poems "Les Fleurs du Mal". "Synesthésie" was used by Baudelaire to describe his mystical experience. Scents are assimilated to sound, colour and touch. traditional corks and clips enable the champagne to breathe while it matures for a minimum of ten years in the cellars. The grapes, picked from vines of 45 years on average, make up this subtle blend as follows: 80% Chardonnay from the famous Côte des Blancs classified as Grand Cru (le Mesnil-sur-Oger It is on the heights of the village of Montigny-sous-Châtillon, in the heart of the Champagne region, that Faustine and Marc have brought the gestures and secrets of their ancestors back to life – after 50 years of dormancy. Both ancestors of this winegrower's family, located in the Champagne hillsides and along the banks of the Loire, would be proud to see their grandson and great-grandson perpetuate their traditions of excellence with audacity. At every stage, from the perfect grape to the bottling, the couple look for elegance and finesse to create gourmet cuvees. "Champagne accompanies all of life's great pleasures. Our creations are not conventional in order to arouse the most beautiful emotions", they explain. The selection of sandy plots, the vinification in oak barrels according to the lunar calendar and from this harvest in amphorae participate in the birth of these authentic and charismatic Champagnes, created for ageing. "Wine is a living product. We accompany it in a natural way with love", they say. Respect for the environment and biodiversity guide the philosophy of their exclusive production of a few thousand bottles. "Only the palate and the soul recognise the passion of a handcrafted terroir. This is why we produce in very small quantities, as a family and alongside the best local craftsmen - coopers, cork makers, printers…" This year, four vintages will leave their vaulted cellar: Collection IIème édition, a delicately wooded brut with no vintage year which is the brand signature. Rosé, an ode to hedonism. Blanc de noirs, an extra-brut with a masculine stature. And Velours, a tribute to the very first Champagnes Hall 3 / Stand H-241 It is the same kind of experience that the special champagne vintage 2006 and 2007 will give to the owners of one of the Synesthésie gift boxes created by Champagne Collard- Picard. The two owners of the champagne house, Caroline and Olivier Collard, are passionate about preserving the great wine-making traditions of the region. For "Synesthésie", they selected the ‘Coeur de cuvée’, which is the very purest juice drawn from the first pressing. The wine is aged in traditional large oak barrels. Malolactic fermentation is withheld, allowing the champagne to age for many years. Rarely used and Oger) and 20% Pinot Noir from the Marne Valley (Reuil). They can be kept for up to 15 years in optimal conditions, protected from the light. In its black and gold case, the beautifully shaped bottling of the Synesthésie contains exceptional vintage champagnes from 2006 and 2007. Only 500 signed gift boxes are available! Hall 5-3 / Stand DE-146 THE DAILY • MONDAY 14 TH FEBRUARY 2022 • 17
