{"product_id":"champagne-guy-charlemagne-champagne-grand-cru-blanc-de-blancs-b-c-origine-les-chetillons-2012-750ml-introductory-price","title":"Champagne Guy Charlemagne Champagne Grand Cru Blanc De Blancs B.C. Origine Les Chétillons 2012 750ml (Introductory Price)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eGuy Charlemagne Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs B.C. Origine Les Chétillons — Le Mesnil-sur-Oger 2012\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGuy Charlemagne is one of Le Mesnil-sur-Oger’s most revered grower-producers, farming a precious parcel within Les Chétillons — one of the most celebrated single-vineyard Chardonnay sites in all of Champagne. The Charlemagne family tends nearly one hectare across four parcels in Les Chétillons and Les Chétillons de Haut, planted between 1970 and 1991 using massal selections on south- and east-facing slopes. The vines’ roots penetrate deep into exposed chalk, giving the wine its defining combination of concentration, salinity, and mineral precision. B.C. Origine is the estate’s most uncompromising expression: fermented in seasoned oak barrels, with malolactic fermentation completely blocked to preserve acidity and tension, and aged under natural cork — a labor-intensive technique known as \u003cem\u003etiré bouché liège\u003c\/em\u003e practiced here since the 1988 vintage. The 2012 spent approximately 12 years on its lees before being disgorged by hand in May 2025. Production was limited to roughly 2,000 bottles — the first time this vintage was offered in a standard 750ml format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the glass: lemon oil, crisp orchard fruit, dried citrus, green apple, and white flowers layered with biscuit, almond, toasted bread, green tea, smoke, and subtle reductive notes. The palate is concentrated and sharply defined — fine mousse, vibrant acidity, a powerful chalk-driven backbone — leading into a remarkably long, saline finish of flint, mouthwatering bitterness, and persistent mineral tension. Best served in a white-wine or Burgundy-style glass, not a flute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cem\u003eVinous 92 — “The 2012 Blanc de Blancs Les Chétillons is creamy, open-knit and very easy to like. Lemon confit, marzipan, spice and floral overtones capture all the exuberance and radiance of the year.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProducer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Guy Charlemagne, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Champagne, France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVintage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2012\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Champagne Grand Cru\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVineyard:\u003c\/strong\u003e Les Chétillons, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarietal:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100% Chardonnay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vintage Blanc de Blancs, Extra Brut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFermentation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Seasoned oak barrels; malolactic fermentation blocked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAging:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~12 years on lees under natural cork (\u003cem\u003etiré bouché liège\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBottled:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 2013 | \u003cstrong\u003eDisgorged:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~2,000 bottles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlcohol:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12.5% | \u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 750ml\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eServe:\u003c\/strong\u003e 48–54°F in a white-wine or Burgundy-style glass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Paired With:\u003c\/strong\u003e Caviar, oysters, lobster, seared scallops, turbot, Dover sole, roasted poultry, aged Comté\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA once-in-a-decade release from one of Le Mesnil’s most important growers — 12 years on the lees, ~2,000 bottles, and a chalk-driven precision that only Les Chétillons can deliver.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"67Wine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52667573960987,"sku":"210000060707","price":323.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/1789\/4171\/files\/charlemange.png?v=1784921458","url":"https:\/\/67wino.shop\/products\/champagne-guy-charlemagne-champagne-grand-cru-blanc-de-blancs-b-c-origine-les-chetillons-2012-750ml-introductory-price","provider":"67","version":"1.0","type":"link"}