Champagne Victoire Celebration Brut Vintage 2012 《Terroir Collection - ZTF158》

🏅 Decanter 91 pts

🏅 Vivino 4.1

Champagne G.H. Martel & Co. in Epernay, founded in 1869, is the fifth largest champagne group in the world. It is run by the Rapeneau family from Marne for generations. The eagle in Victoire means victory.

The Rapeneau family originally produced and sold wine, spirits and champagne. Due to the history of champagne and the location close to the vineyards of the Champagne producing area, the Rapeneau family decided to focus on the production and brewing of champagne and obtained the management right since 1900. , has been managed and operated by family members for decades. Christophe Rapeneau is a fourth-generation winemaker in his family, cellar manager and winemaker at Champagne G.H. Martel & Co.

Montagne de Reims

The geographical position is in the north, the temperature is lower, the grapes ripen slowly, and the grapes have high acidity, so the grapes produced in this production area are the best raw materials for making champagne.

The soil in the Mount Reims production area is mainly chalk, but compared with another Champagne production area, the Cote de Blancs, its topsoil contains more clay, so it is more suitable for planting Pinot Noir, so this production area has Known as the "Kingdom of Pinot Noir".

At present, G.H. Martel & Co. is the fifth largest champagne group in the world. It owns seven champagne houses: ChampagneCharles de Cazanouve (Reims, 1811), Champagne G.H. Martel & Co. (Epernay, 1869), Champagne VieilleFrance (Reims, 1860), Champagne Chateau de Bligny (Côte des Bars, 1733), Champagne Paul Louis Martin (Bouzy, Montagne de Reims, 1864), Champagne Charles Orban (Troissy, Vallee de la Marne, 1770), Champagne Mansard (Epernay, 1953).