Champagne Henri Giraud d'Ay 2014 Bouteille (75cl)
The 2014 Champagne Henri Giraud d'Aÿ Blanc de Blancs is a vintage white champagne from Champagne, crafted by Henri Giraud from the Grand Cru terroir of Aÿ. This cuvée is 100% Chardonnay, sourced from the La Croix Courcelles plot. The wines are aged in small oak barrels selected from the Argonne forest, followed by extended bottle aging. Disgorged in 2020, this Blanc de Blancs combines the chalky identity of Aÿ with a vinification marked by Argonne oak.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Sparkling White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Champagne
- Producteur / Domaine
- Henri Giraud
- Millésime
- 2014
Henri Giraud
A family estate established in Aÿ, Henri Giraud relies primarily on ten hectares of estate-owned vines in this grand cru-classified village. Its identity is built on Aÿ Pinot Noir, perpetual reserves, and precise vinification and aging in wood, notably in small casks sourced from the Argonne forest. The thirteenth generation is represented today by Emmanuelle Giraud, Chair of the Board of Directors, while Sébastien Le Golvet manages the estate and leads the cellar.
- Owner
- Famille Giraud-Hémart
- Maître de chais
- Sébastien Le Golvet
- Surface (ha)
- 10.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 250000
Histoire du domaine
The winemaking history of the Hémart family in Aÿ has been documented since the spring of 1625, when François Hémart appears in parish registers among the bourgeois vineyard owners. Following the phylloxera crisis and the First World War, Madeleine Hémart married Léon Giraud in June 1918, a soldier then connected with Champagne; their son Henri was born the same year. Léon Giraud gradually reconstituted the parcels inherited by Madeleine, bringing the family vineyard to nearly three hectares in Aÿ. The Champagne Henri Giraud company was formally founded in 1975. Driven by Claude Giraud, the twelfth generation, the estate modernized its press and vat room while developing vinifications in small barrels: 10,000 bottles of the first Fût de Chêne Aÿ Grand Cru were cellared in 1991. The estate subsequently deepened the connection between the plots of Aÿ and the various forest terroirs of the Argonne; Sébastien Le Golvet, son-in-law of Claude Giraud, participated in his first harvest in 2002 and became cellar master in 2004. The François Hémart and Henri Giraud brands were later united under the name Champagne Henri Giraud. Emmanuelle Giraud, representing the thirteenth generation, currently chairs the board of directors; Claude Giraud is honorary president and Sébastien Le Golvet has been managing director since May 2023.
