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Special Price and Gold Medal for Cuvée Ora Alba Grand Cru at “Challenge International du Vin”
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“We have rarely tasted so much terroir in a sparkling wine. Impressive!” - VINUM december 2017
5 February 2018, by Sebastian NickelChampagne J.Vignier – Les Longues Verges
A bouquet offering particular transparency and purity, with discreet green melon notes and a hint of golden fruit, immensely transparent and airy on the palate, with almost extreme minerality, slender but very long; we have rarely tasted so much terroir in a sparkling wine. Impressive!
Champagne J.Vignier – Silexus Sézannensis
In transparent, mineral and decidedly straightforward style, reticent, slender and long, offering impressive personality; (...) -
10 Sparkling Wines for Any Occasion - by Robb Report
17 January 2018, by Sebastian NickelAdd some bubbly to your happiest occasions with a glass poured from one of these elegant vintages.
NUMBER 2: J. Vignier 2008 Millésime Brut
2008 Millésime Brut
Says sommelier Alicia Kemper, who is the wine director at Fundamental LA: “Nathalie Vignier is a 10th-generation winemaker in Champagne, and a 6th-generation maker in Cramant (a Grand Cru village). Her grandfather, Paul LeBrun, had 2 hectares in the early 20th century and became one of the very first independent vignerons after World (...) -
“Ora Alba” awarded by the French Guide Hachette 2018
11 October 2017, by Sebastian NickelLocated in the heart of the Côte des Blancs, the family has been cultivating wine for more than ten generations. First own Champagne brand 1902. Paul Lebrun founds his own champagne house in 1931. Today, his grandchildren, Nathalie and Jean Vignier cultivate 16.5 hectares of Chardonnay around Cramant and in the Sézannais (Récoltant Manipulant).
A ripe Blanc de blancs: fermented in steel tanks, a blend of wines from 2008 to 2010. Straw colored, with intense brioche and roast notes, showing (...) -
Champagne J.Vignier tasted by Andreas Larsson - Best Sommelier of the World (2007 ASI)
17 September 2017, by Sebastian NickelChampagne J.Vignier “Ora Alba” Grand Cru Blanc de blancs
Light golden colour with a green hue and mild mousseux. Open nose, some evolution and complexity, fresh butter, roasted nuts, yellow stone fruit and ripe citrus. Good bite and grip on the palate, bone dry with good balance, fresh and integrated acidity with a mild creaminess and a long lingering finish.
Champagne J.Vignier Silexus Sézannensis Blanc de blancs
Bright light golden colour with a lively mousseux. Generous nose, displaying (...) -
“Champagne” by Gerhard Eichelmann (Germany)
8 June 2017, by Sebastian NickelThe family has been cultivating vines in Cramant for six generations. Today, the estate covers 16.5 hectares of vineyards in Cramant, Oiry and Chouilly, as well as in the Sézannais (Saudoy), all planted between 1950 and 2010. The estate produces two different brands. The brand named after the grandfather Paul Lebrun includes the traditional champagne of the family. In addition, there is the new brand J. Vignier, producing single vineyard champagne. One of them comes from a vineyard in the (...)
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Meet us at Vinexpo Bordeaux in June 2017
9 May 2017, by Sebastian NickelAt Vinexpo Bordeaux, you can taste the Cuvees of Champagne J.Vignier together with Sebastian Nickel on Sunday the 18th and Monday the 19th of June. Fancy a 100% Chardonnay Champagne? Come to the stand «100% Blind Tasted» by Adreas Larsson, World best Sommelier in 2007, Hall 1 stand C339.
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Champagne J.Vignier at “Big Bordeaux Tasting” in Zürich on May 29th 2017
19 April 2017, by Sebastian NickelThis annual wine tasting, organized by the wine magazine VINUM, is less strict in its subject than the title may suggest and opens its doors to a few other appellations. This year, you will meet here Nathalie Vignier and Sebastian Nickel who offer their Champagne J.Vignier for tasting. Pure Chardonnay wines, from different areas of the Côte des Blancs and the Coteaux du Sézannais.
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Champagne Special 2016 by Vinum - The European Wine Magazine
16 March 2017, by Sebastian NickelOra Alba Grand Cru Blanc de blancs
The most aromatic of the quartet, fruity, juicy, well built, good length, without frills, with personality and of great purity. To fish.
Silexus Sézannensis Blanc de blancs
Reticent mineral and herbal notes together with a touch of thyme, then slender, hugely exciting and wonderfully long on the palate with a very pure, viturally crystaline style; interesting because it is an impressive illustration of Chardonnay from Sézannais. With freshwater fish.
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VINUM : "Champagne J.Vignier is our discovery of the year.”
4 January 2017, by Sebastian NickelBehind top-quality terroir wines stands an enterprising woman with vision and a true German-French friendship.
"I was only two years old when my father expanded his cellar in 1972, and one of the first words I learned to say was ‘crane’. Now there is one in front of the house, and a new cellar is being constructed; my own son is two years old. Building expansion is a family tradition and cranes are part of my life – my first job was in the customer service department of Demag Cranes in (...)