These oak barrels are placed 30 ft underground and thought to give the champagne its complexity and life. Armand de Brignac uses a unique dosage that comprises the best still wines aged for one year in French oak barrels. The champagnes rest on lees in the cellars for years before disgorgement. The first press of 4,000 kilos of grapes provides an allowable yield of 20.5 hectolitres of juice (the "cuvée") and Armand de Brignac selects just the very first and freshest portion of this press. Īfter hand-picking, the fruit is pressed in one of two family-owned wineries located close to the vineyards. All three Champagne grape varieties are used: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier. Fruit is sourced from the 30+ hectares owned by the Cattier family and from growers in selected villages across the region.
The Armand de Brignac champagnes are made in the village of Rilly-la-Montagne, in the Montagne de Reims region of Champagne. A team of 18 people touch a bottle of Armand de Brignac from pressing the fruit to when the bottles leave the cellars in France. The Champagne Cattier team who produce Armand de Brignac is led by Jean-Jacques and Alexandre Cattier, 12th and 13th generation champagne growers. Winemaking įather and son Armand de Brignac winemakers Jean-Jacques and Alexandre Cattier The first bottles were for sale exclusively at Harrods in November 2015. It is a 100% Pinot Noir made with fruit from some of the best Pinot Noir growing villages in the region including Verzenay and Chigy les Roses. Īrmand de Brignac Blanc de Noirs is the rarest cuvée in the Armand de Brignac range, with fewer than 3,000 bottles created for each assemblage. Fruit is sourced from traditional Chardonnay territory, the Côte des Blancs, as well from Montagne de Reims. The assemblage typically comprises 40% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay, and 20% Pinot Meunier.Īrmand de Brignac Blanc de Blancs is a single varietal champagne comprising 100% Chardonnay. It is a sweeter style of champagne with just 34 g/L of sugar. Īrmand de Brignac Demi Sec was first released at the end of 2015. The assemblage typically comprises 50% Pinot Noir, 40% Pinot Meunier, and 10% Chardonnay. The color comes from the inclusion of 12% of still red wine, harvested from old vines that produce fruit with great flavor intensity. Īrmand de Brignac Rosé was first introduced in 2008. The assemblage typically comprises 40% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay, and 20% Pinot Meunier. There are five cuvées in the Armand de Brignac range:Īrmand de Brignac Brut Gold is the flagship tête de cuvée from the 13th generation Montagne de Reims champagne growers, the Cattier family, the first bottles were released in 2006. Champagnes Īll champagnes in the portfolio are an assemblage of three vintages.
In November 2014 it was announced that the champagne brand had been bought by a company led by Jay-Z. This was required by the French industry group Comité Interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne (CIVC) to avoid any confusion with the northwestern French village of Brignac, sitting just outside of the Champagne region itself. Dormant for decades, the brand was revived for the new champagne after adding the name Armand. It was chosen at that time by his mother, who had been reading a novel featuring a character named de Brignac. The original "de Brignac" name was registered by the Cattier family in "the late 1940s or early 50s", according to Jean-Jacques Cattier. The first bottles of Armand de Brignac Brut Gold left the cellars in France in 2006. The Cattier family started setting aside portions of reserve wines for a new ultra-premium Champagne project at the beginning of the twenty-first century. In 2015, a Demi Sec and a Blanc de Noirs (100% Pinot Noir) also joined the range.
Two other cuvées, a Rosé and a Blanc de Blancs (100% Chardonnay), were released in 2008. The Armand de Brignac champagnes are produced in a multi-vintage style, and the Brut Gold cuvée is a blend of the grape varieties Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, and Chardonnay. The brand's first bottling, Armand de Brignac Brut Gold, is identifiable by its gold bottle with French pewter Ace of Spades labels.
The brand is produced by Champagne Cattier and sold in opaque metallic bottles. Armand de Brignac, known colloquially as Ace of Spades, is a French Champagne owned by Shawn " Jay-Z" Carter and LVMH.
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