The Purity of Chardonnay
In the heart of the Côte des Blancs, in Avize, Champagne Franck Bonville has cultivated the excellence of Chardonnay Grand Cru for generations. Convinced that everything begins in the vineyard, the estate aims for perfectly ripe grapes to reveal all the freshness, finesse, and minerality of the chalky soils of Avize, Oger, and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger.
In the cellar, winemaking respects the identity of the crus with gentle pressing using a water membrane, followed by alcoholic and malolactic fermentations, essential for developing a rich and balanced aromatic expression. Since the 2000s, some fifty 228L Burgundy barrels have complemented the winery, notably housing the juice from the prestigious “Les Belles Voyes” parcel, as well as reserve wines for liqueur de tirage and disgorging.
The estate is committed to more sustainable viticulture. This translates into abandoning herbicides and insecticides, plowing or partially grassing the soil, replanting hedges to restore a living ecosystem and ecological management of buildings and water.
