Champagne Castelnau Masterclass With Carine Bailleul – Thursday 10th November
Champagne Castelnau is located in the heart of Reims and represents the very essence of Champagne. It has 900ha of vineyards across 155 crus, creating a unique grape growers’ collective and the production of outstanding wine.
Chef de Caves, Carine Bailleul, crafts Castelnau’s stylish cuvées which are characterised by a high percentage of Chardonnay as well as extensive lees ageing: the flagship Brut Réserve NV spends at least five years on the lees and vintages are typically aged for at least 12 years before release.
During this effervescent tasting, Carine will treat us to an outstanding clutch of both current and library releases, including Collection Œnothèque. Only made in the finest of vintages and exclusively in magnum, Collection Œnothèque preserves the continuity of the House style from one generation to the next and shows what great winemakers can do with excellent fruit.
The evening culminates with Castelnau’s prestige cuvée Hors Catégorie. Meaning ‘beyond categorisation’, Hors Catégorie pays homage to the toughest mountain stages of the Tour de France, of which Castelnau is a long-standing partner. Marked by barrel ageing and bottling at low pressure to give a creamy mousse, the scarcity of this cuvée is fast making it a collector’s item, for cycling and Champagne enthusiasts alike.
We hope to see you there, or, as they say on the Tour, Allez! Allez! Allez!
The wines we will be tasting:
NV Champagne Castelnau Brut Réserve
2007 Champagne Castelnau Blanc de Blancs
2005 Champagne Castelnau Blanc de Blancs
2006 Champagne Castelnau Vintage
2002 Champagne Castelnau Œnothèque en magnum
NV Champagne Castelnau Hors Categorie
Thursday 10th November
St. James’s Room
18:30 – NV Champagne Castelnau Brut Rosé on arrival
19:00 – Masterclass begins
20:30 – Masterclass ends
Please note, tickets are refundable for cancellations up to 48 hours before the event. Cancellations must be made in writing to [email protected]. Any cancellations within 48 hours of the event are non-refundable unless 67 Pall Mall resells the ticket to another Member. This is only possible when the event is sold out and there is a waiting list.
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