Pear, lemon zest and a salty edge
Pale straw with a fine, lively mousse. Ripe pear, fresh apple and lemon zest, with a little pastry and chalk underneath and a subtle salty touch. Bone dry and precise, with enough roundness to balance the tension. Long, straight finish.
- ripe pear
- apple
- lemon zest
- pastry
- Body
- medium
- Acidity
- fresh
- Grip
- fine bubbles
- Fruit
- orchard fruit
Chardonnay and Meunier, from five harvests
Paradoxe is 60% Chardonnay and 40% Meunier. Instead of one vintage, it brings together all of the cooperative's reserve wines from 2019 to 2023.
The reserves were kept in barrels and large foudres before the blend was bottled in 2024, in 75 cl bottles and in magnums.
Five harvests in one bottle
- Reserve winesChardonnay and Meunier kept back from 2019 to 2023
- Barrels and foudresThe reserves age in wood before blending
- Second fermentation in bottleBottled in 2024, in bottles and magnums
- Rests on its leesAbout 18 months before disgorgement
- Zero dosageNo sugar and no sulphites added
Fabian Daviaux
Chavost is the old name of Chavot-Courcourt, a village just south of Épernay. Local growers set up their cooperative here in 1946. For decades it made Champagne for its members and sold grapes to the big houses, until it ran into trouble in the 2010s.
In 2019 the growers called Fabian Daviaux, a winemaker's son from the village, to run it. He said yes on his terms: organic farming, no sulphites from start to finish, no reserve wines, short ageing and no sugar added at the end. His brother draws the labels, cartoons of the cooperative and its members.
How to serve and pair it
Some pairing ideas
- Seared scallopsSweet shellfish, bone-dry bubbles
- Aged ComtéA classic with Champagne
- Roast chickenThe reserve wines give it weight
- Mushroom risottoCreamy and earthy, cut by the acidity
If you like this one, try...
The cooperative's entry cuvée. Half Chardonnay, half Meunier, lighter and more direct.
A pét-nat from the Luxembourg Moselle, bottled before it finished fermenting. Lighter and cloudier.
An orange pét-nat from Rheinhessen. For when you want bubbles with more funk.
More from Champagne Chavost
Producer: Société Coopérative Vinicole de Chavot-Courcourt (Champagne Chavost), Rue d'Ilbesheim, 51530 Chavot-Courcourt, France