2011 | Champagne Caillez Lemaire | Cuvee Jadis

The nose screams brambles and forest fruit notes but the wine is all about the Chardonnay on the palate right now. That bramble note interlinks really nicely with a forceful touch of salt right on the finish.

Producer Information

Husband and wife team Virginie and Vincent Vanpoperingh run this small family estate on the banks of the River Marne. Virginie’s family has been growing grapes since the 18th century and Raymond Caillez and Andrée Lemaire began making their own wines from the family plots in 1942. Annie and Henri Caillez took over in 1976 before passing along to their daughter and her husband in 2005. The estate holdings have grown from 2ha to just over 6ha and conversion to Organic faming was certified in 2020 by EcoCert. The village of Damery is an often overlooked village. It is the easternmost village of the Vallée de la Marne immediately as you exit the wider, more known villages of the Grande Vallée. The vineyard land in this area more closely hugs the river itself and the soils become more dense. The chalk and Pinot Noir of the neighboring Cumières becomes a rich clay with much deeper top soils planted heavily (62% of the village) to Meunier. Damery just missed out of the Premier Cru status being ranked an ‘Autre Cru’ at 89%. While these facts do not make headlines, they do result in amazing Champagne in the right hands. The village and vineyards benefit from their slope down to the river banks and excellent exposures. It has one of the largest planted land volumes outside of the Grand and Premier Crus with 407.4ha under vine. This expansive vineyard land gives way to some magnificent plots and many of the big houses have holdings in Damery.

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