Prince of Champagne
Chartogne-Taillet is one of the essential estates of the grower Champagne movement They produce some of the region’s most ridiculously delicious, highly-coveted wines. Alexandre Chartogne is one of Grower Champagne’s indisputable super-stars. After training under Anseleme Selosse, the most iconic grower Champagne winemaker ever, he came back to his family estate and has captured the minds and hearts of sommeliers and collectors around the world. So highly sought after by our restaurant customers, with multiple Michelin star restaurants in Ontario pouring it by the glass, today I am excited to offer just 15 cases of our once a year allocation of his flag ship Cuvée Saint Anne. Last years offer sold out in hours, I would not wait!
“Alexandre Chartogne is one of the most thoughtful vignerons in Champagne. His wines increasingly show focus, purity and superb expression of place, variety and vintage.”
Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media, March 2024
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A visit with him at his family estate offers a deep dive into both the largely overlooked history and geological diversity of his hometown of Merfy, just a fifteen-minute drive from Reims in the Massif de Saint-Thierry, where his family has tended vines for centuries. What makes his village of Merfy special is that unlike the iconic villages of the Côte de Blanc, in Merfy, the soil changes rapidly from one parcel to the next and Alexandre’s wines remind us that Champagne’s ability to express terroir is just as profound as Burgundy.
Cuvée Saint Anne is the flagship non-vintage bottling of the estate and one of the first champagne I reach for. With each new disgorgement, it boldly stands eye-to-eye with any Champagne luxury label that dares to challenge it. By meticulously crafting a Champagne of unmatched depth, focus, and controlled opulence, this wine is easily one of, if not the, greatest non-vintage Champagne’s in the entire region. It’s still an insider’s grower-champagne in every sense.
“These are incisive wines of remarkable depth, complexity and character, crafted by one of Champagne’s most exceptional producers. Every bottling reviewed here merits particular attention.”
Kristaps Karklins, The Wine Advocate, May 2025
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CUVÉE SAINTE ANNE CHAMPAGNE BRUT BY CHARTOGNE TAILLET NV
BODY / STYLE / OAK
Medium bodied / Floral, Fruity, Mineral / Oaked
SWEETNESS / ABV
Dry / 13.5% alc./vol.
CELLARING /
Cellar
BEST PAIRINGS /
Cured Meat, Duck breast, Scallop, Shellfish, White Meat
TASTING NOTE /
“Fragrant spice and lime blossom accents on the nose waft through flavors of ripe raspberry, white peach, blood orange peel and whole-grain toast as they ride the lacy mousse of this vibrant Champagne. This is well-structured and firmed by finely honed acidity, but there’s a sense of overall finesse and harmony. Long and expressive through the minerally finish of chalk and brine. Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meunier. Disgorged November 2024. Drink now through 2030.”
CASE / DELIVERY /
6 x 750ML / Complimentary
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THE LOCATION: CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE
THE PRODUCER: CHATOGNE TAILLET
THE GRAPES: 45% PINOT NOIR, 5% PINOT MEUNIER, 50% CHARDONNAY