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Fifth Day of Christmas: Back to Champagne

Fifth Day of Christmas: Back to Champagne

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Fredric Koeppel
Dec 29, 2009
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The house of Henriot was founded in 1808 by Apolline Henriot, widow of a vigneron and scholar whose family had owned vineyards since 1640. Henriot makes about 55,000 cases of champagne annually,

which puts it in the fair-to-middling level; by comparison Taittinger makes 355,000 cases a year and Mumm makes 625,000.

The color of the Henriot Brut Rosé (nv), …

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