Elegance… a piece of twine
Traditional style tying : nobles oblige
Comtes de Dampierre continues the art of « ficelage”, on its finest grand cru vintage champagnes.
Subject to a royal statute In 1735, the Champagne producers had to secure the corks of their bottles and the “ficeleur” had to use three-stranded thread for this purpose. Comtes de Dampierre perpetuates this ancestral method of tying the cork with twine, a know-how “à la Française” the 18th century.
The craft-man ties the intricate knots whilst the thread is still attached to the ball and then cuts both ends; this process is repeated twice, forming a cross on the top of the cork.
A know-how "à la Française"
This age-old tradition requires great dexterity, concentration, accuracy and time. While a machine can close more than four thousand bottles per hour with a wire cage, even an expert only completes 50 corks in an hour with a thread.
This skilled process is reserved for our finest grand cru vintage champagnes of 100 % Chardonnay grapes : Family Reserve and Prestige.
It’s a ceremony to open such a bottle of Champagne !
We invite you to cut the twine with the pair of little scissors and to remove the cork delicately. Then you may fill the glasses with these exceptional wines for an enhanced tasting.
