![]() ![]() The total production is around 60,000 bottles, which is relatively small. The liqueur de dosage, which is added at this stage, has been aged in oak casks to bring extra complexity and “soul” to the wine. The Champagne is aged for three years in the deepest part of the Cattier cellar (more than 30 meters underground) and riddled and disgorged by hand. Unlike Cristal and Dom Pérignon, it is a non-vintage cuvée, comprising 60 percent wines of the current vintage and 40 percent reserve wines from the two previous years. The grapes are pressed in a traditional Coquard basket press and only the first pressing of the cuvée is used to make the wine. The Ace of Spades brut gold cuvée is an even three-way blend of the traditional Champagne grape varieties chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier. ![]() It then lay dormant until 2006, when they dusted it off for their prestige cuvée and the forgotten hero once again enjoyed the limelight. The family registered it as a brand in the 1950’s with Champagne's wine authority, the Comite Interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne (CIVC). Later, Jean-Jacques' sister added "Armand" to round out the name. She liked it so much it became stuck in her memory, though no-one nowadays can remember which book the character was in. The ace of spades insignia was added to make reference to the royal heritage of the Cattier family vineyards.ĭe Brignac was the name of a hero in a book that Jean-Jacques Cattier's mother once read. Jean-Jacques Cattier had always admired the innovative concept of the metallic bottle, which he revisited for the launch of the Armand de Brignac brand. In the 1990’s, Courrèges approached the Cattier family to produce a limited-edition Champagne in a metal bottle to reflect the colors of his fashion house. The unusual opaque Ace of Spades bottle was inspired by a design of André Courrèges, a French fashion designer and one of the inventors of the miniskirt. © Armand de Brignac | Jean-Jacques Cattier the Armand de Brignac cellar Cattier's premium Clos Du Moulin Champagne They spent "a good morning together, touring the cellars and tasting through the range." Jean-Jacques Cattier confirms that the rapper did once visit the winery – in June 2010, after a concert in Paris. However, to date there is no hard proof that Jay-Z has a direct financial involvement in Armand de Brignac – nowhere is he named as one of the owners or shareholders. No surprise, then, that there have been several questions raised regarding the exact nature of this savvy businessman’s relationship with the brand. The endorsements by the ex-Cristal lover have been pivotal in the Champagne’s positioning and success. Since propelling Ace of Spades into overnight stardom in 2006, Jay-Z has promoted the Champagne in his songs and clubs. ![]() Champagne specialist and writer Michael Edwards speaks highly of the Cattier Champagnes and is particularly fond of the family's single-vineyard cuvée Clos du Moulin.Īccording to Jean-Jacques Cattier, Armand de Brignac aims “to present something authentically luxurious and which does justice to the once-in-a-lifetime events at which Champagne is so often present.” He believes that Champagne produces "bubbles in the eyes." The house is still family owned and run by Jean-Jacques Cattier and his son Alexandre, both respected winemakers. The Cattier family have been growing grapes in the Montagne de Reims area since 1763, and have made Champagne since 1918. At around $300, it remains one of the most expensive, yet most desired, bottles of Champagne in trendy clubs from New York to Tokyo.Īrmand de Brignac is the brainchild of the Cattier house, located in the Champagne village of Chigny-les-Roses, and the New York drinks distribution company Sovereign Brands. Today, the Ace of Spades gold bottle comes in a lacquered black box lined in rich black velvet. The Champagne was immediately catapulted to fame and its first release quickly sold out. In the video, Jay-Z is seen to refuse a bottle of Cristal before he accepts the lavish gold Armand de Brignac bottle presented in a silver case. The Brut Gold Cuvée, the flagship wine of the range, was first seen in American rapper Jay-Z's "Show Me What You Got" video, shot at Monte Carlo Casino and released in October that year. Champagne Armand de Brignac – more commonly known as Ace of Spades – was launched in 2006. ![]()
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