De Sousa : Cuvée des Caudalies Grand cru 2013

A Grand Cru Champagne imbued with elegance and vivacity

The property

After the First World War, Manuel De Sousa, a member of the Portuguese expeditionary corps, left his native land to settle in France in Avize. Taken by illness before he reached his thirties, this hard worker left behind a wife and children. Fortunately, his son Antoine married Zoémie Bonville, the daughter of a winemaker, a few years later, and their union gave birth to the De Sousa Champagne House. For three generations now, the continuous pursuit of excellence and respect for nature and the environment have nourished the soul of the estate. At the head of the family Champagne house since 1986, Erick De Sousa ensures the continuation of his predecessors' work while ensuring the proper transmission of passion and tradition from generation to generation.

The vineyard

This Caudalies Grand Cru cuvée comes from a unique Champagne terroir composed of old vines resting on a soil influenced by chalk and conducted in organic and biodynamic viticulture.

Vinification and aging

Following manual harvesting, the grapes selected for the production of this 2013 vintage champagne undergo vinification in oak barrels.

Blend

This 2013 vintage champagne is a 100% chardonnay.