Stephane Regnault Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Mixolydien No 62 NV

Stephane Regnault returned to his family domaine in the Cote des Blancs in 2007, after already having two careers. Most recently he had been working as a sommelier in London at Le Pont de la Tour, and before that he was an aerospace engineer.

Inspired by conversations with many of the young winemakers in Champagne, Stephane's first decision upon returning was to stop using herbicides in the vineyards and convert to organic farming.

Stephane released his first wines in 2018, a single vineyard terroir from the two Grand Cru villages he farms in Oger and Le Mesnil. The vines are between 40 and 60 years old. From these two plots, Stephane has selected three parcels for his cuvees: Chemin de Flavigny in Oger; Moulin, on the border between Oger and Le Mesnil; and Hautes- Mottes in Le Mesnil. These plots were selected to best show the terroir within a multivintage Champenois tradition, and with vinification and elevage the same for each parcel you are able to get the true identity of the site. Fermentation is 2/3 in stainless steel, and 1/3 in used barrels. Malolactic is left to either take place or not. Finally, when the time is right, the year?s wine is blended into one of three perpetual solera that each cuv?e eventually is bottled from.

Each cuvee is named after a different jazz mode, a nod to Stephane's passion for playing the jazz saxophone.

Reminiscent of the Mixolydien musical mode, this cuvee is complex, balanced, and marked by a rare silkiness. This third release of 'Mixolydien' is bottled from the perpetual 'Moulin' vineyard solera which was started in 2014 and now comprises wines from 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 (which add up to 62).