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Titre

"Avize is one of the truly great villages in Champagne and is home to a number of world-class growers. In that context, Denis Varnier's wines, informed by a number of old-vine parcels, stand out for their depth, vinosity and breadth. The trademark Avize minerality is alive in the Varnier-Fannière Champagnes, but all the flavors seem to live in a rich, multi-dimensional world here."
November 2013


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VARNIER-FANNIERE
St. Denis Brut Grand cru

$102.70*
* Suggested retail price
Product code Product code 180968
Format Format 6x750ml
Listing type Listing type Cross dock
Country Country France
Regulated designation Regulated designation Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region Region Champagne
Subregion Subregion Côte des Blancs
Appellation Appellation Champagne
Classification Classification Grand cru
Varietal(s) Varietal(s) Chardonnay 100 %
Color Color White
Sugar Sugar Brut
Closure type Closure type Cork


- 93 Points -

Wine Advocate, March 2021


The October 2019 disgorgement of Varnier-Fannière's NV Brut Grand Cru Cuvée Saint-Denis continues to show very nicely, revealing aromas of ripe citrus fruit, yellow apple, fresh apricot, wheat toast and marzipan, followed by a full-bodied, broad and powerful palate that's elegantly fleshy and nicely concentrated. It's an expressive, textural Champagne that exemplifies the house style.
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St. Denis Brut Grand cru

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VARNIER-FANNIERE
Grand cru Jean Fannière Origine

Champagne, France

377234 | 6x750ml | Spec

$104.01*
* Suggested retail price

- 92 Points -

Jeb Dunnuck, November 2022


The NV Champagne Cuvée de Jean Fannière Origine Extra Brut is floral and pretty, with notes of fresh baked croissant, green apple, pear, and lime blossom. The palate seems to have more tension and feels more dry, with green apple skin, stony and chalky earth, and white flowers. It is still assertive in its style, but I think it has more refinement and finesse. Drink over the next 15 or so years.
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Grand cru Jean Fannière Origine

VARNIER-FANNIERE
Grand Cru Brut

Champagne, France

416115 | 6x750ml | Spec

$87.11*
* Suggested retail price

- 91 Points -

Wine Spectator, November 2022


Offers appealing floral and spice notes that waft through juicy yellow peach and white cherry fruit, pickled ginger and mineral notes carried on a refined mousse. Reveals hints of salted almond and candied orange peel on the finish. Chardonnay. Disgorged January 2022. Drink now. 95 cases imported.
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Grand Cru Brut

About VARNIER-FANNIERE

VARNIER-FANNIERE

Varnier-Fannière's vineyard holdings are tiny, just 4 hectares of exclusively Grand Cru vineyards in Avize, Oger, Oiry and Cramant. Annual production is 3000 cases in total! Winemaking is artisanal and old-fashioned, including full malolactic fermentations and the back- straining operation of an old Coquard press. Interestingly, the wines are bottled at about 10-15% less pressure than most producers.



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