MV Grand Cru Rose
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck breast, wild mushroom risotto, seared salmon
✨ Technical Specifications
Henri Giraud's MV (Multi-Vintage) Grand Cru Rosé is a spectacular showcase of the house's signature vinous style, combining the power of Aÿ Grand Cru Pinot Noir with the elegance of Chardonnay. Central to its creation is the pioneering use of oak casks sourced from the historic Argonne Forest, a practice revived by Claude Giraud to restore the ancient relationship between Champagne and its local terroir. This cuvée is crafted using a perpetual reserve system, blending the base vintage with mature reserve wines, and is colored with a small addition of legendary Aÿ Grand Cru still red wine. The result is a highly structured, gastronomic rosé that transcends traditional sparkling boundaries, offering a deep copper-pink hue, complex oxidative complexity, and a rich, creamy texture that pays homage to the 17th-century winemaking roots of the Hémart family.
🍾 About the Producer
Rooted in the historic Grand Cru village of Aÿ since 1625, Champagne Henri Giraud represents a benchmark in vinous, artisanal Champagne production. Stewarded by 12th-generation proprietor Claude Giraud alongside cellar master and son-in-law Sébastien Le Golvet, the house is renowned for championing Pinot Noir cultivated on deep, south-facing belemnite chalk slopes. Henri Giraud is celebrated for reviving the historical practice of fermenting and maturing base wines exclusively in new and seasoned casks coopered from local Argonne Forest oak, as well as sandstone and terracotta amphorae, entirely eliminating stainless steel. Viticulture adheres to rigorous sustainable standards, eschewing pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides under a certified zero-residue protocol. The estate produces richly textured, vinous champagnes defined by intense chalky minerality, structural depth, and micro-oxygenated nuance. Flagship cuvées include the prestigious vintage oak-aged Argonne, the perpetual reserve multi-vintage Fût de Chêne MV series, and the PR Perpetual Reserve bottlings.
🍇 Grapes
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
12%