PR 21-90
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted turbot with butter sauce, roasted veal sweetbreads, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Champagne Henri Giraud's PR 90-21 (also referenced as PR 21-90) represents a profound exploration of time and terroir in the Grand Cru village of Aÿ. This unique cuvée is built upon the concept of a Perpetual Reserve, a solera-style system initiated by the house in 1990. By blending equal parts of this deeply complex perpetual reserve (spanning from 1990 to 2020) with the vibrant, fresh base wine of the 2021 vintage, the house has crafted a Champagne that bridges generations. Vinified in small oak casks sourced from the historic Argonne Forest, the wine undergoes a slow, textured maturation that coaxes out the rich, vinous character of Aÿ's chalky soils. This process imbues the Champagne with a rare combination of mature, oxidative complexity—evoking notes of honey, baked stone fruits, and toasted brioche—alongside a striking, youthful acidity.
🍾 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 80%, Chardonnay 20%
🍷 ABV
12%