When Apolline Henriot founded Maison Henriot in 1808, she created a unique savoir-faire, of which the Art of Blending is a fundamental principle. To pay tribute to Apolline, Joseph Henriot created in 1990 a Perpetual Reserve. He decided to dedicate this cuvée to the Côte des Blancs, one of the two historical sectors of the Maison, and to Chardonnay, the emblematic grape variety that grows in these crus. Each year, Jospeh brings in an extract from the new harvest and tastes the resulting blend. It was only 17 years later, following the blending of the 2007 harvest, that Joseph Henriot decided to bottle this creation, which was then named after its original vat: Cuve 38.
BLENDING
Since its first bottling, a new edition of Henriot Cuve 38 is created each year. The 5th edition of Henriot Cuve 38 is composed of wines from every successive harvests from 1990 to 2011. These wines are exclusively from 4 Grands Crus of Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs: Avize, Le Mesnil-Sur-Oger, Oger, Chouilly. It is during the tastings of the clear wines that follow the vinification of the last harvest that the selection of the wines that will integrate the perpetual reserve vat Cuve 38 is made. The wines selected are those that will last over time, those whose freshness surprises and those whose precision and distinction prevail.
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