J. Lassalle ‘Cachet Or’ Brut Premier Cru

Angéline produces several Champagnes, including vintage and Special Club bottlings, and now even a still red wine, but the cuvée that epitomizes the J. Lassalle house style is her Cachet Or. A blend of roughly one-third each Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, and Chardonnay, it is patiently aged for at least three years prior to disgorgement. J. Lassalle Champagnes are renowned for their richness and elegance, qualities embodied here by a fine bead, aromas of lemon curd and toasty brioche, along with ripe fruit notes over brisk minerality. In the cellar, each bottle of Cachet Or is riddled by hand, every flick of the wrist repeated thousands of times, paralleling the chisel marks on the walls. It’s an exacting process that takes weeks, and while machines that automate and accelerate this process have long been available, at J. Lassalle, it is still done by hand just as it was when these cellars were built.