Features

• Origin: Avize (Grand Cru), Côte des Blancs – Champagne, France
• House: Franck Bonville
• Type: Vintage Blanc de Blancs Champagne – Single Plot
• Vintage: 2018
• Plots: The Avats, The Maladries, The Chapels
• Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay Grand Cru
• Vinification: Stainless steel – malolactic fermentation
• Aging: 5 years on lees – cork closure
• Dosage: 2.5 g/l – Extra Brut
• Serving temperature: 9°C

Tasting notes

• Nose: Subtle aromas of white flowers , citrus fruits , green apple , evolving towards touches of toasted brioche and almonds .
• Palate: Creamy , with a nice acidity and notes of lemon , pear , white peach , honey , and vanilla , on a mineral and tense finish.

Pairings and tasting moments

Pur Avize 2018 is ideal as an aperitif or to accompany the start of a meal : scallop carpaccio, sea bass ceviche, preserved lemon risotto, or sea bream tartare. A precision champagne that enhances fine, seafood dishes.

Product History

Pur Avize is one of Maison Franck Bonville's single-plot cuvées, crafted from a careful selection of three iconic Avize vineyards. Created in 2012 by Olivier Bonville, this range illustrates the company's desire to showcase the distinctive identities of the Côte des Blancs' finest terroirs, in a pure and direct expression of Chardonnay.

The 2018 vintage was marked by contrasting weather: a wet spring followed by a dry and scorching summer. These conditions allowed for the harvest of perfectly ripe, rich, and balanced grapes. Vinified and aged in stainless steel vats to preserve the freshness and energy of the fruit, this cuvée benefited from a long aging on lees for 5 years, with cork closures to promote slow micro-oxygenation and enrich the wine's aromatic complexity.

With a dosage of only 2.5 g/l, Pur Avize precisely reveals the typical characteristics of Avize limestone: tension, floral freshness, white fruits and a salivating, chalky finish.

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Testimonials from our customers

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  “A superb Blanc de Blancs, mineral, elegant, perfect as an aperitif.”
  — Etienne G., La Rochelle
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  “Straight, chiseled Champagne, ideal with shellfish or raw fish.”
  — Claire N., Geneva

About Maison Franck Bonville

Franck Bonville is one of the biggest names among independent winemakers in the Côte des Blancs. Founded in the early 20th century by Alfred Bonville, it was built on a rigorous selection of Grand Cru terroirs in Avize, Oger, and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. In a difficult post-phylloxera context, Alfred was able to bet on the future by investing in the region's chalky hillsides, convinced of the unique potential of Chardonnay.

In 1937, with the help of his son Franck, the house settled in the heart of Avize. The family installed a wine press, a cellar, and a winery, laying the foundations for an independent harvesting and handling business. After the war, the house began marketing its first vintages, quickly gaining a solid reputation among lovers of distinctive champagnes.

Since the 1970s, the house has modernized its equipment, notably with the introduction of stainless steel vats, while retaining a proportion of oak vinification for its single-plot cuvées. Now run by Olivier Bonville, the fourth generation of the family, it cultivates approximately 15 hectares exclusively classified as Grand Cru. The Bonville style is clear: precise, straightforward, elegant Blanc de Blancs champagnes, marked by their chalky terroir.

Each vintage, whether from a blend or a specific locality, is the subject of extreme care: separate vinifications, prolonged aging on lees, careful disgorging, and controlled dosages. The entire range is based on a simple philosophy: to sincerely express the minerality of the great Chardonnay terroirs of Champagne, without artifice or excess.

Recognized by critics, sommeliers and enlightened amateurs, the Franck Bonville house embodies a model of rigor, tradition and excellence , in the service of a king grape variety: Chardonnay.