Description

Named after Michel Mailliard's daughter, Alexia, the Cuve9e Rose9 Alexia livesup to all you expect from a noble and prestigious wine. A perfect effervescence or fragrances instantly develops in the mouth. Hints of strawberries and raspberries, of fudge and Tarte Tatin.

Producer Description

Vertus, the village in Champagne's famous Cf4te des Blancs, has been the home of the Mailliard family for four generations. Although the wine tradition is the thread of the family history, and while the first official references date back to 1894, the real founder of the House is Alexis Mailliard, born more than a century ago. Today, the third and fourth generations, Michel and his son Gregory respectively, take care of the 23 hectare (55 acre) family vineyard. Half of the vineyard plots are in Vertus and the surrounding area and are planted mostly to Chardonnay.Decades ago Michel Mailliard saw many of his neighbors with small vineyard plots of very good quality grapes in need of a better place to produce their champagnes. So, he created one of the first in champagne of what we call today "custom crush facilities". These types of facilities are now common place in many wine regions around the world, helping artisan producers and garagists. Over time, the small start-up grew to house the current state-of-the-art champagne producing equipment and perfect storage facilities. Each vigneron controls the production of his/her champagne separately from the other producers.Gregory manages the vineyards and the harvest. He stands side-by-side with his father learning the craft of champagne making the Mailliard way. The two have total control of their champagnes made at the custom crush facility. They bottle cuvees under both Re9coltant Manipulant and Re9coltant Coope9rant classifications.