Lively, airy, salivating, technically perfect! This cuvee “Brut non-vintage Cuis 1er Cru” represents the  archetype of the Pierre Gimonnet & Fils style.  In order to do this, during harvest, we separate all juice from different terroir in different tanks. After  6-8 months those wines are clear, we taste them and we blended wine of the year with reserve wines to repeat over the year the style we expect.  To succeed with this delicate and fundamental step, the house of Pierre Gimonnet & Fils has chosen to keep all its reserve wines in bottles (on fine lees) and not in tanks or in casks. This method gives more freshness (less oxidation) and more mature (autolysis) in wines. This method is very rare in Champagne. We are the only winemaker in Champagne to keep all our reserve wines in bottles, and has been since 1982.   100% Chardonnay  Cuis 1er Cru – Côte des Blancs  Blend N° 197: from 7 harvests  • 73 % of 2017 (included 19 % excellent 1ères tailles),   • 7.8 % of 2015,  • 10.3 % of 2014,  • 4.9 % of 2013,  • 1.5% of 2012  • 1.5% of 2011  • 1% of 2010  Vinification  • Grapes harvested manually, split pressing  • Cold settling  • Temperature controlled alcoholic fermentation  • Malolactic fermentation   • Stainless tanks for 6 to 8 months (2 rackings)   • Blending with reserve wines stored in bottles  • Cold stabilization (-4°) and filtration on clay  Annual production:   • 131 952 bottles  • 18 364 half-bottles  • 4 289 magnums