We learned all sorts of interesting things, like that there are more than 23km of tunnels, dug over a period of more than 200 years, begun in 1720. The longest is around 300m.
The caves are all still part of today's production - this one contains 9720 bottles. And at the end of the tour our two tastings turned out to be full glasses of 2003 vintage champagne! A great experience.
L'Avenue de Champagne was fairly impressive, with many well known champagne houses. The 20 minute drive to Epernay (home of the above) was interesting as we were often surrounded by crops rather than vines. There is obviously a lot of attention paid to the terroir and the way it lies to the sun here. Also interesting that all of the grapes are hand picked.
On the way back
we found that last night's champagne was indeed produced just around the corner from the chateau, but we couldn't find anyone there to sell us a bottle! Hopefully tomorrow before we go.
Ann-a-Gram
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