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Champagne Étienne Calsac

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 2010

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Étienne Calsac founded his domaine in 2010, aged twenty-six, by taking back roughly three hectares of his grandparents' vineyards around Avize and Grauves that had until then been leased to the grandes maisons.

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 Étienne Calsac

Three hectares reclaimed from the grandes maisons at twenty-six — chalk-driven Chardonnay from Grauves, the Côte des Blancs' unglamorous back slope.

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Tasting note27 August 2026

Étienne Calsac L'Échappée Belle Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru NV

A lovely cool nose with a taut, chalky line to it. Yellow plum and white stone fruit, joined by light oxidative notes.