NV | Henri Giraud "Hommage au Pinot Noir" Blanc de Noirs | Champagne | France

A Blanc de Noirs from a cult Ay Grand Cru house — Henri Giraud's rich, oak-aged "Hommage au Pinot Noir."

Champagne Henri Giraud is a cult family house in Grand Cru Aÿ, where Pinot Noir is king and wines are aged in Argonne-oak barrels. "Hommage au Pinot Noir" is a Blanc de Noirs — 100% Pinot Noir from the house's historic Aÿ terroirs, oak-vinified for a rich, golden, complex Champagne of real depth and roundness.

A Henri Giraud Hommage is winey, oak-aged Champagne at its most characterful. Cult Aÿ house, 100% Pinot Noir, Argonne oak → rich, golden, complex → you're drinking serious Blanc de Noirs.

• Pinot Noir — Blanc de Noirs
• Champagne — France (Aÿ Grand Cru house)
• Henri Giraud — "Hommage au Pinot Noir"
• Oak-vinified · rich house style

Ripe orchard fruit, citrus and dried apricot over brioche, toast, honey and warm spice with a rich, buttery palate and a long, generous finish. Translation: a rich, golden Blanc de Noirs — ripe fruit with toast, honey and spice over a buttery, oak-inflected palate. Complex and generous; Champagne for the table and the connoisseur.

A Blanc de Noirs Champagne. Exactly the bottle for roast poultry, richer fish, or fine cheese.