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In the early 1900s, Alfred Bonville took the ambitious gamble of buying plots of vines at a time when the Phylloxera crisis had raged just a few years earlier. This bold move paid off, as his son Franck Bonville founded the eponymous Champagne house in the early 1930s, which is still in the hands of his successors today. The Champagnes produced carry a history and are among the most qualitative of the Côte des blancs.
In 1937, Alfred Bonville and his son Franck acquired a winegrower's house in the heart of Avize on Côte des blancs in order to make their own Champagne, but it wasn't until the aftermath of the Secsecond world war that Franck began to market the first cuvées under his own name and to expand the Domaine on the Avize terroir. In 1970, their son Gilles and his wife Ingrid joined the family business and modernized the technical tools with more appropriate technology. Their son Olivier, with a degree in oenology and extensive winemaking experience in Corsica and Germany, joined them in 1996, representing the fourth generation. It was also at this time that Gilles decided to manage the vineyard in a sustainable way.
House Franck Bonville specializes in Cuvées Blanc de blancs en Grand Cru d'Avize, one of the most prestigious terroirs of the Côte de Blancs. The Domaine vineyard is spread over 15 hectares across three villages classified as Grand Cru: Avize, Oger and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. The grapes are picked at perfect ripeness, reflecting the purest expression of... See more ...
This Champagne Blanc de blancs is made only from the Grand Cru classified terroirs of Avize. The year 2015 offered us a hot summer and Sec caused water stress, but fortunately some welcome rains in August revived the progression of ripeness. Heatwave years can make Chardonnay very heterogeneous, ranging from vegetal if harvested too early, to heavy if harvested too late. The high minerality of the Avize terroir enabled us to produce a very high-quality harvest.
Slow, complete fermentations in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats bring out the full aromatic potential of the grapes. This is followed by 5 years of prolonged ageing on the lees in the cellar and, after disgorgement, a dosage of 2.5 g/L, giving it freshness, great purity and a beautiful mineral structure.
The 2015 vintage gives this cuvée sweet flavors - white fruit, pineapple, citrus - and pastry - hazelnut. Fortunately, the freshness of the Avize terroir makes the wine lighter, with notes of sour candy, licorice and lemon. The palate is unctuous, complex and mineral, with aromas of pear, almond, honey, toast and chalk, and that saline, slightly mentholated final sensation.
This Grand Cru Extra brut 2015 from Franck Bonville is a sapid wine, perfect on a fricassee of langoustines with saffron, or with delicious Linguinis alle vongole, also the pairing with oysters, scallops or where appropriate a fine Lobster.
A summer aperitif par excellence, this wine can also be enjoyed with oysters or lobster, shellfish, pasta alle vongole on a fricassee of langoustines with saffron.
