2019 Champagne Pascal Agrapart "Vénus" Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs, Brut Nature , Champagne, France

2019 Champagne Pascal Agrapart "Vénus" Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs, Brut Nature , Champagne, France

An ethereal champagne offering up aromas of white flowers, sweet stone fruits and fresh hazelnuts, followed by a medium to full-bodied, layered and pillowy palate with a mineral, fine-boned profile and a long, saline finish.

$362.99
$362.99

ABOUT THIS WINE

Champagne Pascal Agrapart "Vénus" Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature is an ultra-premium, terroir-driven Champagne made entirely from old-vine Chardonnay in the "La Fosse" parcel of Avize. This parcel 0.3 ha, planted in 1959. The soils are a unique slope blend of pure chalk at the top and clay-limestone at the bottom. This parcel is organic and biodynamic, with the soils tilled by the estate's horse, Vénus.

Grapes are hand harvested at  optimal ripeness, ensuring only pristine, low-yield fruit makes it to the press. The juice is fermented entirely with wild/indigenous yeasts in used, neutral 600-liter French oak barrels (demi-muids). No new oak is used to preserve the fruit's purity. Full malolactic fermentation is naturally encouraged, softening the wine's racy acidity and eliminating the need for sterile filtration. 

ABOUT THIS PRODUCER

Founded in 1894 in the Grand Cru village of Avize, Agrapart is one of Champagne’s most respected grower-producers. Unlike many small estates, the Agrapart family has bottled under its own label since the domaine’s inception. Pascal Agrapart managed the estate for many years before passing it over to his son Ambroise. Ambroise is the fifth generation of the family.

The domaine farms approximately 10 hectares of predominantly Grand Cru Chardonnay vineyards in Avize, Oger, Cramant, and Oiry, with a small holding of Pinot Noir in Avenay-Val-d'Or. Production remains intentionally small, never exceeding 5,400 cases annually. Many vines are over 70 years old, and the estate has practiced organic farming for years, focusing on vineyard health rather than certification or marketing.

Agrapart is renowned for producing precise, terroir-driven Champagnes that showcase the chalk-rich soils of the Côte des Blancs. The range includes the non-vintage cuvées Les 7 Crus, Terroirs, and Complantée, as well as the acclaimed single-vineyard vintage wines Minéral, Vénus, and L’Avizoise. The estate also produces the rare Expérience, made using only grapes with no added yeast, sugar, or sulfur—a pioneering technique now known as the “Agrapart Method.”

Today, Agrapart is widely regarded as one of Champagne’s benchmark grower estates, admired for its commitment to quality, authenticity, and expressive vineyard-driven wines.

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Grape(s) Chardonnay
Farming Organic, Biodynamic