News from Baron Albert Champagnes
Harvests, Christmas & New Years Holidays
During the whole year, the Baron Albert's family worked in order to reach the full ripeness and the most beautiful expression of our grapes.
As for 2003, the harvests look to be early. They will start on the 25th of August in our vineyards. By the Champagne Baron Albert the grapes are hand-picked and a rigorous selection is done in the vines.
Our Champagne combine the elegance of the grapes varieties which do the glory and the fame of Champagne's area : Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir.
When the harvests' time ended, Christmas and New Year Holidays will come soon. Our range of Champagne is the ideal companion for dinners between friends and in family organized by yourself. Our Cuvées will pleased your palates and those one of your guests.
Awaiting this period of hapiness, please do not hesitate to contact us by phone or by e-mail.
A Cellar in total harmony with the Champagne area scenic
After nearly one year of work our new cellar mixing a functionnal and modern inox cellar as well as an ageing cellar is for now operationnal.
- The Cellar, directly dig in the chalk, is a cellar of ageing our Champagnes. 1 500 000 bottles will be able to be stocked in the bonification shadow of this cellar.
- The first level will be the area where the inox cellar completely thermoregulated of 10 000 hectoliters will be located. This one is composed of:
- 2 mixing vats with a capacity of 600 hectoliters each
- a serie of inox vats for the vinication for a total capacity of 8 600 hectoliters
- a park of 77 oak barrels made in France. Barrels will vinify and age a part of our Chardonnay as well as our red wine
- 3 pneumatic presses recognized for finest quality and with a capacity of 8 000 kg each. The last one was bought at the harvest 2008.
A viticulture thought and reasonable
Our Champagnes are from a viticulture thought in harmony with our Region and its Terroir. To be able to preserve it as long as possible, we did put some grass in our vineyard on the superficies of 6 hectares. In function of the composition of their under-grounds, some of the vineyards welcome betters the permanent grass. We did just give a touch of grass on those parcels.
In autumn, just after the harvest we sowed grass in our vineyards. This farming practice wich is used very seldom, allows:
- prevention of the soil erosion during winter,
- protection of the bacteriological activity of the soil,
- the soil and vineyard's nutrition in addition to the natural "nutriment" of the soil.
A mowing should control the growing of the grass.
The Baron Albert Champagnes, always ahead of progress
The Baron Albert's brothers, passionately fond of winegrower profession, have and will always cultivate their vineyards in the respect of environment. Therefore, since almost 20 years, the Baron Albert Champagnes invested themselves in practising rational viticulture:
- we use the triennial displaying of barks in vineyards in order to minimize the soil's erosion as much as possible. This technology also allows to reduce the transfer of "phytopharmaceutic treatment" residues to underground water.
- The permanent under grass we put in some parts of our vineyards are adapted to this technology and allows to restrict the channeling and the erosion.
Always very concerned to practice a rational viticulture, we are equipped with a BIOBAC since July 2008. Biobac description :
Principle: the "phytopharmaceutic" products are degradable in the soils, most of the time by micro-organisms (such as bacterium and fungus)
Idea : use the soil as a bio-reactor to dissipate the "phytopharmaceutic" products in the effluents.
This very advanced technology that we have put in place will allow us to move forward for the conservation of our environment.
Biobacs in July 2008
A quality sign with the using of cork named "Mytic Diamant"
"The end of the cork taste". All the winegrower in France and abroad have dreamed to tell this sentence to their customers. At least, Champagne Baron Albert is able to say it.
The taste of cork have worried the whole wine profession since decades and until today nobody could solve this problem, especially with sparkling wines. Because of the cork named Mytic Diamant, winegrowers from Champagne have found THE solution.
For the last three years, being entirely satisfy by the obtained results with our Champagnes, we have decided to cork all of our production with this new process.
New Opening Hours
From January to August
From Monday to Friday : 8.00 to 12.00 am and 1.30 to 6.00 pm On Saturday : 9.00 am to 12.30 pm We are closed on saturday afternoon, on sunday and on bank holiday.
From September to December
From Monday to Friday : 8.00 to 12.00 am and 1.30 to 6.00 pm On Saturday : 9.00 am to 12.00 am and 2.00 to 6.00 pm We are closed on sunday and on bank holiday.
With Pleasure, the Baron Albert family will welcome you in their cellars located in the hamlet of Porteron.
Restaurants in partnership
LA FERTE SOUS JOUARRE
- AUBERGE DE CONDE - 1 avenue de Montmirail - 77220 LA FERTE SOUR JOUARRE Phone: +33 160 24 50 05
SAULCHERY
- RESTAURANT LA TERRASSE - 50 route Nationale - 02310 SAULCHERY Phone: +33 323 70 01 17
CHARLY SUR MARNE
- LE BAC - Lieu-Dit Le Bac - 02310 CHARLY SUR MARNE Phone: +33 323 82 03 41
- BRASSERIE LE CHAMPAGNE - 59 rue Emile Morlot - 02310 CHARLY SUR MARNE Phone: +33 323 82 10 28
MONTREUIL AUX LIONS
- AUBERGE DES TEMPLIERS - 82 avenue de Paris - 02310 MONTREUIL AUX LIONS Phone: +33 323 70 40 65
CHATEAU-THIERRY
- LE PALAIS DU DRAGON D'OR - 7 rue Drugeon - 02400 CHATEAU THIERRY Phone: +33 323 69 09 49
Cottage in partnership
You will be pleased by your stay in this charming cottage located in the heart of the Marn Valley. You will be welcomed by Mrs & Mr BOUTAÏG.
To contact them : +33 323 82 09 80 or +33 674 30 82 38 Website : www.gite-rural-champagne.jimbo.com E-mail adress : isabelle.boutaig@wanadoo.fr Booking: reservation@cdt-aisne.com
Adress : 11 rue Leviel Petel - 02310 CHARLY sur MARNE - FRANCE