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Champagne De Sousa

Côte des BlancsAvizeNMNMNégociant 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 1950

De Sousa was one of the first estates in the Côte des Blancs to take biodynamics seriously.

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 De Sousa

A Portuguese soldier's grandson who converted Avize's old vines to biodynamics in 1999 — and three children who took over when he died suddenly in 2023.

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