Vintage Champagne

Vintage champagne is made from a blend of wines from a single exceptional harvest. Not every year is suitable for producing vintage champagne and in the past most of the large Champagne Houses have only released a vintage in six or seven years out of ten. The decision to declare a vintage rests with each individual producer depending on the quality of their own particular harvest.

Vintage champagnes must be aged for a minimum of 3 years but often they are aged for longer before release. With vintage champagne it is often the case that no two years are the same to taste; a reflection of the variable weather conditions in the Champagne region.