MV15 Brut
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted duck, seared scallops, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
The 'MV' (Multi-Vintage) series from Champagne Henri Giraud represents the pinnacle of the house's revolutionary approach to Champagne making, with the MV15 anchoring its heart in the exceptional 2015 harvest. Sourced from the legendary Grand Cru terroir of Aÿ, where steep chalk slopes have yielded historic wines favored by French monarchs for centuries, this cuvée is defined by its vinification in oak casks sourced from the nearby Argonne Forest. This historic connection to local oak, revived by Claude Giraud, imparts a majestic texture, creaminess, and subtle spice to the wine. By blending the precision of the base year with a perpetual reserve system, Henri Giraud crafts a Champagne of immense vinous depth, complexity, and energy, celebrating the ancestral soul of Aÿ.
🍾 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%