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Champagne Gardet gets ready to celebrate in its 130th year
Christophe Prieux, owner of Champagne Gardet, guides db through the upcoming events and cuvées marking its 130th anniversary.
How do you think Gardet has grown and changed over its 130 years?
It’s fair to say that the company hasn’t experienced any growth in terms of volume. At the end of the 19th century we produced 1 million bottles, which is still our production today. But it has never been the house’s intention to increase its volume beyond our capacity, to the detriment of quality. On the contrary, Gardet has grown in reputation and quality, thanks to our oenologist and our desire to offer Champagnes that remain fresh while also possessing beautiful aromatic complexity.
What is the house doing to mark this year’s anniversary?
We will be celebrating this milestone with a series of meetings and events at Gardet, with our customers, business partners and wine growers. There won’t be just one anniversary date, but a whole year of festivities. This year will also mark the inauguration of our cellar expansion, which will be completed in the second half of 2025.
What do you hope for the next 130 years of Champagne Gardet?
On the one hand, that our Champagne house gains more and more notoriety, and on the other, that it remains above all a great family adventure, with the transmission to the new generation.
What was the thinking behind the anniversary cuvée?
We wanted it to become a rendezvous in the minds of people who appreciate Champagne Gardet. We had very good feedback on the cuvée created for the house’s 120th anniversary, and we decided, for the 130th anniversary, to use the same elegant black and gold colour scheme, to create a link and continuity with each new decade, and to mark not only this event in 2025, but all the others thereafter. Following the success of the 120th anniversary we celebrated in 2015, we thought the perfect way to mark the occasion today would naturally be to enjoy a 2015 vintage.
What makes the packaging of this cuvée so special?
The design is based on the codes and roots of our house: a delicate decoration and a tangle of golden lines, on a bottle painted a velvety black.
How would you summarise the cuvée?
Tasting this vintage takes us on an exalting sensory journey combining elegance and freshness. Millésime Extra-Brut 2015 is a wine where the Pinot Noir (70%) explodes with fruit and deliciousness, while the Chardonnay (30%) reveals a beautiful minerality and magnificent acidity. Aged in bottle on lees for more than eight years, it surprises with its freshness and minerality, thanks to its extra-brut dosage of 4g/l.
Which bottles will you personally be drinking to celebrate this year?
The special Champagne Gardet 130th anniversary cuvée, of course.
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