Champagne Tsarine - Cuvée Premium Brut

Tsarine is the brand developed by Chanoine Frères, a subsidiary of the BCC Group. It has grown alongside the film industry. The wines crafted by Isabelle Tellier, the cellar master, focus primarily on balancing the three Champagne grape varieties; they are characterized by a tender youthfulness as well as a refined, fruity, and floral profile. We note a certain progression in the cuvées we tasted this year.

Blended in equal parts—Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Meunier—this brut has a lively, refined nose with lovely complexity, ranging from brioche to fresh fruit. After a round, ripe-fruit-forward attack, the mineral-driven, crisp finish leaves an impression of elegant integrity.

As early as 1730, the Chanoine brothers began digging their cellars in Épernay. Their house, the oldest after Ruinart, fell into obscurity after the war, before being revived through its integration into the group now known as Lanson-BCC (1991), which provided it with a vast, modern, above-ground cellar in Reims. The house created the Tsarine brand in honor of Catherine II, a great lover of champagne. Since 2001, Isabelle Tellier has been at the helm of the house.