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Champagne Cristian Senez

Côte des BarFontetteNMNMNégociant ManipulantA house that makes and sells champagne from grapes it buys in, wholly or partly. Most of the famous names sit here, and the category says nothing about quality or whether the house also owns vineyards.Founded 1973

Cristian Senez launched his brand in Fontette in 1973, having spent two decades getting there.

The house has kept its own pace through every vintage, and the cellar still works the way it always has: one press, one tank, one decision at a time.

Everything here is allowed to settle slowly. The wines rest longer than the market asks for, and the family tastes the whole range before anything leaves the cellar.

What follows is written from visits, from bottles opened too early and a few opened at exactly the right moment.

The house has kept its own pace through every vintage, and the cellar still works the way it always has: one press, one tank, one decision at a time.

Read the full story of Champagne Cristian Senez

A postman's son who worked as a cheesemaker, a logger and a gravedigger before clearing his own land in Fontette — and built a Champagne house from nothing.

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