Gosset Grande Réserve Brut Champagne NV

Founded in Aÿ in 1584 by Pierre Gosset, Maison Gosset is recognized as the oldest wine house in Champagne. The house began by making still red wines-well before the discovery of double-fermentation sparklers-and supplied the royal courts of Francis I and Henry IV long before Champagne became bubbles.

Gosset has been crafting wine continuously for over four centuries. It remained family-owned for 16 generations until 1993, when it was acquired by the Renaud-Cointreau family, who maintained its independent artisanal ethos. In 2009, the house moved its main cellars from Aÿ to nearby Épernay.

Since 1760, Gosset has bottled its premium cuvées in a unique, dark-green antique flagon-known as the Antique bottle shape-with its distinctive collar medallion around the neck, easily making it one of the most recognizable bottles in Champagne.

The core identity of Gosset centers on blocking malolactic fermentation across all cuvées. While most Champagne producers allow malic acid to convert to softer lactic acid to speed up readiness, Gosset preserves the natural malic acidity to achieve high precision, linear minerality, and incredible aging endurance.

Gosset owns no vast corporate vineyards; instead, they source high-caliber fruit across 140+ hectares, predominantly from Grand Cru and Premier Cru villages. Every wine spends significantly longer on the lees before disgorgement than required by law to balance out the high natural acidity with rich, autolytic depth.

Gosset Grande Réserve Brut embodies the historic house style, defined by purity, structure, and longevity. Malolactic fermentation is deliberately avoided to preserve natural acidity and freshness, allowing for extended aging. The wine is bottled in the spring following harvest and aged on the lees for a minimum of four years in the cellars. Dosage is precisely calibrated at 8 g/l to maintain balance between freshness, fruit, and vinosity without masking the wine’s character. After disgorgement, the bottles rest for at least six months to fully integrate the dosage before release.