Réflexion R.020 is the first wine that chef de cave Dominique Demarville has created since joining Champagne Lallier in January 2021. Demarville has called it a “very emotional wine” for him. Campari launched the first wine that chef de cave Dominique Demarville has made for the Champagne Lallier brand — Réflexion R.020 — with a special themed dinner in Paris last week. The event was held in L’Hôtel des Italiens, the majestic Haussmann building in the heart of Paris, in the rotunda designed by Gustave Eiffel under the vast 20-metre-high, domed glass roof. Attended by international press, the launch saw guests welcomed by Christophe Prat, managing director, French Icons at Campari, which completed the purchase of the Lallier brand from Francois Thibault in the first half of 2020. Campari quickly installed Demarville as Lallier’s cellarmaster and general manager, giving a strong indication of their high ambition for the brand. Reflexion R.020, which is based on the fine 2020 harvest, is the sixth such wine that this Aÿ-based house has produced since previous owner Thibault introduced this new style of multi-vintage blend as R.O10, based on the 2014 harvest, back in 2017. Speaking at the launch event, Demarville said: “The concept of Reflexions particularly interested me because it is a little bit different and now people in Champagne are looking to do new things with their non-vintage [Brut Sans Année] offering. This cuvée is numbered according to the harvest base year which makes up the vast majority of each such
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