Winegrowers’ portraits Brugny
Jacques et Karinne Oudart.
I deliver my wine to the family-run cooperative in the village of Vinay, which has 172 members, only ten of whom commercialise their wines. The winemaking is carried out terroir by terroir and grape variety by grape variety. It is handled by the Union des Producteurs, which delivers 120 hectares to their structure. A significant area, that offers a broad range of aromas for blending, with an in-house Cellar master, and two independent oenologists as consultants.
I retrieve the wines for the Manoir des Arômes once they have been aged in a wine cellar for at least five years. I then take care of riddling, disgorging and, finally dispatching the wines. We present six vintages of Champagne, all quite mature wines with atypical aromas. Four of these vintages were created by my parents: a Brut with a predominance of Pinot Meunier, full-bodied and smooth; a Brut Référence with a combination of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, with lots of character, which won the “Prix d’Excellence des Citadelles du Vin” at Vinexpo; a rather discreetly distributed Demi-Sec and a delicious Rosé.
Jacques Oudart présente les beaux raisins noirs
The prestige cuvee, Juliana vintage 2006, is a blend of the three grape varieties grown on exceptional terroirs that we have reworked, to allow it to acquire a powerful structure and, especially, luscious warm aromas. Lastly, we have created two exceptional wines: a Chardonnay Brut 2005 (Médaille d’Or at the Brussels World Competition in 2013), quite worthy of accompanying a whole meal, and an Extra Brut, a true expression of the terroir, with a delicious hint of bitterness in the finish (Silver Medal 2012 at the Concours des Féminalise)”.
The particularity of Étienne Oudart Champagnes comes from slow ageing of the wines in the wine cellar. They exhale a veritable empire of essences, exude aromas of well-ripened, stewed fruits, slightly developed, giving a very voluptuous result on the palate. These wines were prepared with memorable, convivial moments in mind. Karinne Oudart adores playing the hostess and pulls out all the stops to make her guests welcome.
As the House motto** suggests, she delights in “Taking time over the moment”.
* Comité Interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne,
the joint trade association for Champagne
** “Prendre le temps d'un instant”
Champagne Étienne Oudart