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CHAMPAGNE J. DUMANGIN FILS - 51500 CHIGNY LES ROSES - FRANCE Tél : +33 (0)3 26 03 46 34 - Fax : +33 (0)3 26 03 45 61 - Email : info@champagne-dumangin.fr website : www.champagne-dumangin.com CHAMPAGNE LA CUVÉE 17

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VINEYARDS Champagne Côteaux Sud Epernay Villers sous Châtillons Ludes WINE Grapes: 34% Meunier, 33% Chardonnay, 33% Pinot Noir Non Vintage with 33% reserve wine Vini$cation: Stainless steel Champagne bottle with Diam cork (0% TCA = no cork taste) available in 18,7 cl, 37.5 cl, 75 cl, 150 cl, 300 cl (bigger on request) Disgorgment: BRUT (usually 8.8 g/l) TASTING Food suggestions Classic as an aperitive bubbly – any non spicy seafood dishes – Excellent with a double or trebble cream cheese (Chaource…). This $ne and fruity champagne is versatile and will complement most $ne dishes Service temperature: 10°C (15 mins out of 4°C fridge) Pristine bouquet of vibrant lemons and strawberry hull opens out into a palate of fantastic, linear freshness with great persistence

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION 6 Awards : 1 Trophy; 2 Silver & 3 Commended 93/100 Best Champagnes of the Year Under $60... Champagne Guide Australia 90/100 Impressive wine for this price ... pronounced fruit on the nose and a

CHAMPAGNE J. DUMANGIN FILS - 51500 CHIGNY LES ROSES - FRANCE Tél : +33 (0)3 26 03 46 34 - Fax : +33 (0)3 26 03 45 61 - Email : [email protected] website : www.champagne-dumangin.com CHAMPAGNE PREMIER CRU

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A fruity, quality Premier Cru Champagne from a repu- table family VINEYARDS Champagne Premier Cru Montagne de Reims: Chigny Les Roses, Ludes, Rilly, Taissy, Cormontreuil WINE Grapes: 50% Meunier, 25% Chardonnay, 25% Pinot Noir Non Vintage with 45 to 60% reserve wine Vini"cation: Stainless steel/Email/Barrels having aged 4 wines (5 %) Champagne bottle with Diam cork (0% TCA = no cork taste) available in 20 cl, 37.5 cl, 75 cl, 150 cl, 300 cl (bigger on request) Disgorgment: BRUT (usually 8.8 g/l) TASTING Food suggestions Classic as an aperitive bubbly – any non spicy seafood dishes – Excellent with a double or trebble cream cheese (Chaource…). This "ne and fruity champagne is versatile and will complement most "ne dishes Service temperature: 10°C (15 mins out of 4°C fridge) LIght-weight and graceful, showing $oral, apple and lemon notes that stay lively and persistent courtesy of its bright structure (Wine Spec)

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION 21 Awards : 2 Gold (Bordeaux/Epernay); 7 Silver; 4 Bronze & 8 Commended Decanter (UK) Best Sparkling Wine by Steven Spurrier Coup de Coeur Guide Hachette Financial Times (UK) Tight-Knit, Pefumed, Intriguing… by Jancis Robinson The Field (UK) A seductive combination of biscuity nose, farm fruit and crisp backbone The Times (UK) Elegant, $oral, lemony... by Jane MacQuitty Daily Mail (UK) Grande Réserve chosen by Paul McCartney for his wedding in Oct 2011

A bone-dry Premier Cru Champagne exclusively for Champagne connoisseurs VINEYARDS Champagne Premier Cru Montagne de Reims: Chigny Les Roses, Ludes, Rilly, Taissy, Cormontreuil WINE Grapes: 50% Meunier, 25% Chardonnay, 25% Pinot Noir Non Vintage with 45 to 60% reserve wine Vini"cation: Stainless steel/Email/Barrels having aged 4 wines (5 %) Champagne bottle with Diam cork (0% TCA = no cork taste) available in 20 cl, 75 cl (bigger on request) Disgorgment: BRUT (usually 2 g/l) TASTING Food suggestions Aperitif bubbly for champagne connoisseurs – Spicy dishes. Gilles Dumangin speci"cally recommends it for tasting with Thai food Service temperature: 10°C (15 mins out of 4°C fridge) This very dry Champagne is elegant and yeasty with a lovely mousse and a "ne, tapering "nish. Hard to beat under

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION 2 Awards : 1 Bronze & 1 Commended The Wine List (UK) This is another bone dry wine […]. Clean as a whistle, […] this is the perfect apéritif wine by Matthew Jukes 90/100 W ine Enthusiast (US) Well on the dry side of brut, this wine pushes acidity and the freshest citrus along with an apple-skin texture. Bob Campbell Wine Reviews (NZ) Richer and more complex with more bready lees character and less fruit. Perfectly dry but nicely balanced. Coup de Coeur Guide Revel (CA) Champagne Guide (AUS) 93 points: Best Champagne under $60

LE ROSÉ

Finesse, colour, fruit, quality make this Premier Cru pink Champagne an unmissable experience VINEYARDS Champagne Premier Cru Montagne de Reims: Chigny Les Roses, Ludes, Rilly, Taissy, Cormontreuil WINE Grapes: 49% Chardonnay, 38% Pinot Noir & 13% Meunier (as red wine) Non Vintage with 51% reserve wine Vini"cation: Stainless steel/Email/Barrels having aged 4 wines (13 %) Champagne bottle with Diam cork (0% TCA = no cork taste) available in 20 cl, 37.5 cl, 75 cl, 150 cl, 300 cl (bigger on request) Disgorgment: BRUT (usually 8.8 g/l) TASTING Food suggestions Poultry or "sh in creamy sauce. This "ne and fruity champagne is recommended for weddings or any party in need of celebrating. Service temperature: 10°C (15 mins out of 4°C fridge) Crisp, very dry wine that projects its red berry acidity right to the front. Certainly for food, it is textured with a steely core (Wine Enthusiast)

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION 16 Awards : 5 Gold (Bordeaux/Epernay); 6 Silver; 4 Bronze & 1 Commended Decanter (UK) Best Sparkling Wine by Steven Spurrier Champagne Guide (AUS) 94 points: Best Champagne under $60 Hospitality & Thirst (NZ) Show delicate strawberry and rose aromas, quite feminine, on the palate delicious - fragrant, full & rich, even satisfying; a long feminine and subtle "nish; a beautiful champagne New Zealand Herald (NZ) A very pale salmon colour with a clean, dry "nish. The producer's best selling wine and 50 pc of total production. A blend of chardonnay & pinot noir with a dash of pinot Meuniuer, it is a very classy drink

LE VINTAGE “2004” Feminine, delicate whilst powerfully structured Pre- mier Cru Champagnes VINEYARDS Champagne Premier Cru Montagne de Reims: Rilly la Montagne (Monthouzons) & Taissy (Cornes de Cerf) WINE Grapes: 54% Chardonnay (Monthouzons) & 46% Pinot Noir (Cornes de Cerf) Vintage 2004 Vini"cation: Stainless steel Champagne bottle with Diam cork (0% TCA = no cork taste) available in 75 cl Disgorgment: BRUT (usually 4.4 g/l) TASTING Food suggestions This delicate & feminine champagne is good with seafood or oysters, but will excel on its own for a wonderful aperitif. Service temperature: 10°C (15 mins out of 4°C fridge) Rich, creamy wine with an impressive ethereal lightness. Wonderfully pure. Chalk, toast and hazelnut. Lovely acidity - not hard, accessible but gives backbone

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION Wine Enthusiast (US) 92/100 - Cellars Selection The New Zeland Herald (NZ) From a vintage bursting with $avour this is drinking well now but will continue to develop. Its is a light, bright and fruity, a classic... by John Hawkesby Bob Campbell Wine Reviews (NZ) Rich, creamy wine with an impressive ethereal lightness. Wonderfully pure. Chalk, toast and hazelnut. Lovely acidity - not hard, accessible but gives backbone Champagne Guide (OZ) 91/100 bouquet is de"ned by lemon, with hints of honey and a note of orange. The palate adds butterscotch and ripe peach fruit, leading o' clean and then quickly becoming savoury and secon- dary. The acid balance is commendable, keeping a short "nish from becoming broad... by Tyson Stelzer

PREMIUM BL ANC DE BLANCS

A “Premium” Premier Cru cuvée for premium occasions VINEYARDS Champagne Premier Cru Montagne de Reims: Chigny Les Roses Single Vineyard "Dessus le Mont" WINE Grapes: 100% Chardonnay 2006 Vintage Vini#cation: Stainless steel Champagne bottle with Diam cork (0% TCA = no cork taste) available in 75 cl Disgorgment: EXTRA-BRUT (usually 5.3 g/l) TASTING Food suggestions : This delicate & feminine champagne is good with seafood, oysters but will excel on its own for a wonderful aperitive

Service temperature: 10°C (15 mins out of 4°C fridge)

The soft white 'orals and citrus, mineral 'avours have a subtle, rounded breadth, yet the sense of delicacy pervades this wine

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION 3 Awards : 2 Silver (Vinalies & Chardonnay du Monde); 1 Commended 91/100 Tightly-de#ned, lemon fruited style with lingering fruit concentration and #ne minerality ... Champagne Guide by Tyson Stelzer (OZ) Pure with racy chalk/mineral and #ne acidity. The wine has a beautiful ethereal texture. Delicate, charming ... by Bob Campbell (NZ) Intense biscuity, toasty, pastry, bread, cinnamon and spice complexity on the nose. The palate is powerful with citrus pith leading into an expressive and long #nish ... Hospitality & Thirst (NZ) Very pale straw-yellow in colour, this has a softly full nose of exotic éorals and gentle, nutty-toasty aromas of autolysis ... by Raymond Chan (NZ)

A “Premium” Premier Cru cuvée for premium occasions VINEYARDS Champagne Premier Cru Montagne de Reims: Chigny Les Roses WINE Grapes: 50% Meunier; 25% Pinot Noir & 25% Chardonnay 2008 Vintage Vini"cation: Maceration in stainless stell for 72 hours Champagne bottle with Diam cork (0% TCA = no cork taste) available in 75 cl Disgorgment: EXTRA-BRUT (usually 5.3 g/l) TASTING Food suggestions : This delicate & feminine champagne is good with seafood, oysters but will excel on its own for a wonderful aperitive

Service temperature: 10°C (15 mins out of 4°C fridge)

The soft white $orals and citrus, mineral $avours have a subtle, rounded breadth, yet the sense of delicacy pervades this wine

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION 4 Awards : 1 Gold ( Challenge du Vin), 1 Bronze (IWSC); 2 Commended (Decanter & IWC) 15/20 L e volume est léger, "féminin" digeste axé sur des arômes de fraises, agréable et simple - Guide des Champagnes et des Bulles par Guénaël Revel (CA) 88/100 ... Mondo Heidelberg by Gerhard Eichelmann (DE) Une cuvée qui allie la richesse, le corps et la frâicheur avec une grande intensité aromatique et une "nale marquée par des notes de griottes séduisantes - Guide Euvrad Garnier (FR) Presented in a clear bottle inside a cotton bag. This is a masculine expression with rich & forceful aromatics: dry, crip, sense & bold in colour ... Hospitality & Thirst by Cameron Douglas MS (NZ)

VINOTHEQUE 1996

Vinothèque range : Exceptional Vintages boasting with "avour VINEYARDS Champagne Premier Cru Montagne de Reims: Rilly la Montagne (Monthouzons) & Taissy (Cornes de Cerf) WINE Grapes: 54% Chardonnay (Monthouzons) & 46% Pinot Noir (Cornes de Cerf) Vintage 1996 Vini"cation: Stainless steel Champagne bottle with Diam cork (0% TCA = no cork taste) available in 75 & 300 cl Disgorgment: BRUT (usually 12 g/l) TASTING Food suggestions No question about it, this is a wine that Champagne Dumangin recommends on its own to appreciate its complexity Service temperature: 10°C (15 mins out of 4°C fridge) Best of both world: freshness combined with bottle-aged characters (Fine Magazine)

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION 2 Awards 1 Gold Vinalies Internationales & 2 Silver (International Wine Challenge & IWSC) Decanter (UK) Spurrier's world : "For the cellar, fresh & graceful"... by Steven Spurrier Gilbert & Gaillard (FR) 95/100 Yellow-gold. Rich, elegant nose with creamy, lemony accents. On the palate, remarkable balance between fullness, richness and freshness with a crisp lemony character Champagne Guide (OZ) 95/100 Dramatic and authoritative champagne that will go down among the greatest Dumangins of the modern era... by Tyson Stelzer Fine Magazine (FI) 92/100 Best of both world: freshness combined with bottle-aged characters Sommeliers International (FR) A lot of charm

CHAMPAGNE J. DUMANGIN FILS - 51500 CHIGNY LES ROSES - FRANCE Tél : +33 (0)3 26 03 46 34 - Fax : +33 (0)3 26 03 45 61 - Email : [email protected] website : www.champagne-dumangin.com GOLD AWARD

CHAMPAGNE PREMIER CRU DESIGN CATEGORY

TRIO DES ANCETRES 3 exceptional Cuvees de Cépage aged in cask from Premier Cru vineyards.

PACKAGING Well this is it... Finally after years of being undecided about the packaging/dosage/name of my new cuvées... 3 exceptional champagnes each representing one Champagne grape, aged in wood before bottling for a year, then 9 years on their lees before disgorge- ment DESCRIPTION 1 top of the range Champagne bucket made of 1cm thick real barrique wood ready for sale including 3 Zero Dosage cuvées

CUVEES Each of these 3 cuvées representing one Champagne grape has been put in barriques in mai 2001, bottled in mai 2002, and will be disgorged with no dosage as a Brut Nature after currently 9 years on lees Cuvée FIRMIN Dumangin: Blanc de Chardonnay (100%). Firmin was the "rst "Dumangin" to own and work on vineyards (1622) Cuvée HIPPOLYTE Dumangin: Blanc de Pinot Noir (100%). Hippolyte was the "rst generation of Champagne maker in the family end of the 1800s (Gilles is the 5th) Cuvée ACHILLE Dumangin: Blanc de Meunier (100%). Achille was the 2nd generation ADVANTAGES The bucket is ready to be sold in shops as it is. It will have its own barcode, back label It is the ultimate tasting and gift package... 3 champagne grapes to be tasted in one go each in a di$erent bottle. The bucket is a "useable" Champagne bucket (can be used for refreshing the 3 cuvées in one go or even a magnum). A bucket I can guarantee no-one will ever throw away... It will shipped in a strong cardboard box and dividers for protection. It is NIMP15 treated for sale everywhere in the world. Eco-side: ALL the components of this package come Champagne to avoid lengthy transportation and CO2 emis- sions. Bucket is made by the Tonnellerie de Champagne-Ardennes, box/labels/foils/corks/bottles by a local provi- der... Grapes and wine by Champagne Dumangin obviously :-) exceptional champagnes to be tasted on their own ...

CHAMPAGNE J. DUMANGIN FILS - 51500 CHIGNY LES ROSES - FRANCE Tél : +33 (0)3 26 03 46 34 - Fax : +33 (0)3 26 03 45 61 - Email : [email protected] website : www.champagne-dumangin.com