C17 - Grands Crus d’Exception de Champagne Champagne
The C17 Magnum was first created in 2017 by the intrepid Grands Cru d’Exception organization in Champagne. They wanted to create a cuvee consisting of all 17 Grands Crus of Champagne in a very limited magnum format. What makes it even more unique is that the idea came from 15 vignerons providing fruit from their own production.
The group of Grand Cru growers chose one day of the harvest to each bring 600kg of grapes to the home and winery of Julien and Sarah Launois where the grapes are pressed together in a traditional Coquard horizontal press. The base wine of co-fermented Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from all the greatest villages in the region is aged then bottled into 300 magnums for secondary fermentation and aging. This bottle was a natural choice as it helps the wine age and the aromas to come into their own. After 6 years of aging the wine is disgorged by hand and the limited production is carefully allocated to a handful of customers around the world. In the U.S., Scale Wine Group received an allocation of 24 magnums.
Julien Launois Winemaker
Julien Launois has been working the vines belonging to his family for several generations. He created his first brand "Champagne Jean-Pierre Launois" to market his bottles as a cooperator-harvester.
After having worked abroad for 9 years, Julien decided to open a new page in the history of the family house with his wife Sarah: making his own grower champagnes.
Sarah Launois is an artist and graphic designer with a passion for wine. She illustrated the new visual identity for Champage Launois, creating a brand named after their son: Paul Launois.
In 2013, Julien and Sarah acquired a wine building in the heart of Mesnil sur Oger. They completed the renovation themselves and brought in their first harvest in 2015. They vinify in stainless steel vats and in barrels, experiment, assemble, taste ... and from this same passion for champagne is born "Champagne Paul Launois."
Champagne Paul Launois is a love story: the love of a man and a woman; the love of wine and art; the love of a son and a family.
