Champagne Geoffroy Expression Brut Premier Cru

Cépage: 35% Meunier, 35% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay
Assemblage: 50% 2019, 50% perpetual reserve back to 1970
Village/Vyd: Cumières 1er Cru and Hautvillers 1er Cru malo Partial
Élevage: Enameled tanks and neutral oak, with perpetual reserve in concrete tanks
Sur Latte: 30 Months
Dégorgement: January 2023 (4)

Approximately 50% of this wine each year comes from a perpetual cuvée started by Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy’s father, René in 1970. This makes it the oldest and most complex blend of vintages in any non-vintage wine we work with. For the base of Expression, half of the total perpetual cuvée is drawn off from two large concrete vats and replaced with the current harvests’ wine. Small amounts of wine from every vintage stretching from the year the Beatles broke up, through the last harvest is in these vats – this is a 50 year old reserve. When you taste this wine, think about the history in the glass and how rare it is to have a non-vintage wine this complex and layered.