10 Vibrant Drappier Champagne Bottles To Buy In 2024

Drappier Champagne, situated in Urville in the Côte des Bar village of Champagne, is famous for its lively bubblies that can add sparkle to any celebration!

Let’s talk about the fascinating Maison Drappier, including its wine styles, 10 best bottles, and the vineyards and winemaking practices. We’ll also take a sneak-peak into the Champagne house’s rich history.

12 Exciting Drappier Champagne Cuvees

These beautiful Champagne Drappier cuvees are sure to entice any wine lover!

• Carte d'Or: Expresses the grape’s grand aromas and flavors of Pinot Noir

• Brut Nature: A dry Pinot Noir sparkling wine with minimal residual sugar

• Brut Nature sans Soufre: 100% Pinot Noir with no sulfur

• Clarevallis: A blend of Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay, and Blanc Vrai 

• Rosé de Saignée: Produced from the saignée method, involving several days of maceration to give the Pinot Noir varietal wine an intense color

• Brut Nature Rosé: 100% Pinot Noir rosé with no added sugar

• Blanc de BlancsChampagne: A blend of Chardonnay and Blanc Vrai grape varieties

• Quattuor: Homage to the forgotten Champagne varieties - Arbane, Petit Meslier, and Blanc Vrai

• Charles de Gaulle: A vintage wine made from 80% Pinot Noir and 20% Chardonnay

• Millésime Exception: Produced only in exceptional vintage years

• Grande Sendrée: A blend of 55% Pinot Noir and 45% Chardonnay

• Grande Sendrée Rosé: Rosé Grande Sendrée with higher Pinot Noir 

You can serve these delicious cuvees at 7℃ as an aperitif or with light dishes like white meats, seafood, and cold salads. 

10 Best Champagne Drappier Bottles for Your Party

Here are the best bottles that reflect the classic Drappier style of winemaking:

• 1959 Drappier Carte d'Or Vintage Brut
• 1990 Drappier 'Grande Sendree' Brut Millesime
• NV Drappier 'Immersion' Brut Nature
• 2008 Drappier 'Grande Sendrée Brut Rosé Millésimé
• 2006 Drappier Millesimé Exception
• NV Drappier Quattuor Blanc de Quatre Blancs Extra Brut Champagne
• 2012 Drappier Blanc de Blancs Millésime Champagne Grand Cru
• NV Drappier Brut Nature Zero Dosage Rosé
• NV Drappier Clarevallis Extra Brut
• NV Drappier Rosé de Saignee Brut

1. 1959 Drappier Carte d'Or Vintage Brut ($718)

This sparkling wine has elegant aromas of stone fruit like white vineyard peach and apple. The vinous Champagne has a dynamic and fresh palate with honey, brioche, and delicate yeast notes.

2. 1990 Drappier 'Grande Sendree' Brut Millesime ($253)

This vintage cuvee has a beautiful tasting note of mellowed stoned fruits and yeast with strong, zesty acidity.

3. NV Drappier 'Immersion' Brut Nature ($204)

This set contains two bottles of the same Pinot Noir Champagne, one bottle aged under the sea and the other in the Drappier cellars. 

The Champagne opens with vanilla, apple, brioche notes and ends with an oaky finish. 

4. 2008 Drappier 'Grande Sendrée Brut Rosé Millésimé ($98)

This Pinot Noir bursts with honey, almonds, and shredded coconut aromas with lemon, chalk, and walnut flavors. 

5. 2006 ​​Drappier Millesimé Exception ($90)

This Champagne displays pleasing bubbles, accompanied by an ample palate of brioche, butter, and muscat flavors.

6. NV Drappier Quattuor Blanc de Quatre Blancs Extra Brut Champagne ($74)

This bottle gives off aromas of fresh grapes, citrus fruit, and honeyed apples that are carried to the palate along with hints of yeast.

7. 2012 Drappier Blanc de Blancs Millésime Champagne Grand Cru ($59)

This cuvee has a distinct tasting note of white flowers, peach, and vanilla with refreshing acidity and a lingering finish.

8. NV Drappier Brut Nature Zero Dosage Rosé ($48)

This Pinot Noir wine offers refreshing minerality with hints of rose petals, red fruit, citrus fruit, and white pepper.

9. NV Drappier Clarevallis Extra Brut ($47)

This Champagne blend of Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Blanc Vrai, and Chardonnay has continuous, fine bubbles with violet and elderberry notes. 

10. NV Drappier Rosé de Saignee Brut ($44)

This rosé has red fruit, citrus, and floral aromas with raspberry, blood orange, spice flavors, and a chalky finish.

Drappier Champagne: Ancient Vineyards and Organic Winemaking

Urville’s soil contains a significant percentage of late Jurassic age limestone, highly favorable for growing Pinot Noir. 

No surprise, 70% of the Drappier vineyard comprises Pinot Noir. It’s supplemented by Pinot Meunier (15%), Chardonnay (9%), and old grape varieties (6%) like Arbanne, Petit Meslier, Blanc Vrai (Pinot Blanc), and Fromenteau (Pinot Gris).

During the blending process, the Champagne house respects the style and spirit of each grape variety. 

The vinification takes place with minimal intervention and minimal use of sulfur to give the wine a natural, deep gold or copper color and rich aromas. 

The Champagne house ages its vintages in oak casks in their limestone cellars. It also matures the wines by immersing them 30m deep into the sea, where the underwater pressure, light, and temperature age them to perfection.

Some Drappier Champagnes from the Liqueurs de dosage collection contain small quantities of liqueur to accentuate the wines’ length without making it weighty.  

These winemaking processes of the Champagne house have evolved through the centuries.

The Rich History of Maison Drappier

Urville made its first wines around 2000 years ago, but it was only in 1152 that Saint Bernard founded the Clairvaux Abbey and built cellars into the land. He imported the Morillon Noir grape variety (an ancestor of Pinot) from Burgundy and built many wine cellars, including the one in Urville.

About seven centuries later, the Drappier family established their estate around this beautifully preserved abbey.

The Drappier family tree can be traced back to Rémy Drappier, a cloth merchant in Reims in the 17th century. In 1808, one of the house’s ancestors, François, settled in Urville and began farming a vineyard.

In 1930, Georges Collot (the current owner’s grandfather) replanted the vineyards with the Pinot Noir grape variety, earning the title ‘Father Pinot.

Today, Michel Drappier manages the vinification while his daughter Charline Drappier and his sons, Hugo and Antoine, look after marketing, viticulture, and other operations.

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Maison Drappier produces some of the most elegant, glorious, and crowd-pleasing wines that can easily delight any wine enthusiast.

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