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Champagne Henriot Brut Souverain NV is Champagne Henriot’s main non-vintage Champagne.
The Henriot family can trace their lineage back to 1640 in Reims where they worked in textile and wine brokerage, however, Champagne Henriot was not officially founded until 1808 by Apolline Henriot. Champagne Henriot became a huge success with royalty and was a favourite at the Dutch and Austrian courts and with the Hapsburgs in Hungary. House of Henriot is one of the last independent and family-owned Champagne producers and is devoted to creating the most superb wines from grapes carefully selected from the great “terroirs” on the Montagne de Reims and the Côte des Blancs.
Champagne Henriot Brut Souverain is composed Chardonnay and Pinot Noir with some Pinot Meunier adding a delicate fruity note. The Chardonnay is principally from the Côte des Blancs and the Pinot Noir is mainly from the Montagne de Reims – the fruit is sourced from over 25 crus and there is usually around 20% reserve wines in the assemblage, though this can vary from year to year.
Champagne Henriot ages the wines in their cellars in Reims. In these caves, dug out of the chalk to a depth of 18 metres, the temperature (11°) and hygrometry (98%) are constant. To allow the grape varieties full expression, Champagne Henriot observes maturation periods that are normally twice as long as those required by law. The time necessary for each cuvée to reach its full potential. The dosage is measured (approximately 8g/l) to obtain an optimal balance and maturity of the wines.
Henriot Brut Souverain is the historic cuvée of Maison Henriot created by Apolline Henriot in 1808. She aspired to illuminate her lands through the creation of a great Champagne. According to her, one year was not enough to tell the personality of the terroirs, so she decided to keep wines in reserve every year to make the final blend afterwards. Thus, Henriot Brut Souverain is a blend of each of the vineyard’s crus expressed through different periods of life.
“The Brut Souverain offers a rich and diversified aromatic range that gives it a beautiful complexity. Each cru expresses itself in a unique and dynamic manner, not
overshadowing the others in the expression.
Therefore, it is a perfectly organized “ballet of aromas”: generous and salivating notes of cake with fresh citrus fruits, the exuberance of smoke evolving into pure chalk, not forgetting to mention the basket of stone fruits and red fruits. The aromatic notes of Henriot Brut Souverain have an infinite number of complexities due to its diverse crus.
On the palate, it is ample, straightforward, round with a long, persistent freshness.”
Alice Tétienne, Chef de cave de la Maison Henriot
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