Champagne Yvonne Seier Christensen works from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and Avize, with Skagen Brut and Rosé Extra Brut.
The producer
Maison Les Cinq Filles occupies a restored stone house in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and operates a vineyard in Avize on the Côte des Blancs. Yvonne Seier Christensen studied Viticulture and Oenology at Plumpton College in the UK and holds the Comité Champagne designation Négociant Manipulant. Skagen Brut brings yellow fruit, white flowers, apples and lemon zest, while Skagen Rosé Extra Brut brings extra dry vitality to red berry desserts, summer fruits, lobster and crab.
Known for
Minimal dosage Champagne from Avize
Notable facts
Maison Les Cinq Filles is set in a restored stone house in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger.
Yvonne Seier Christensen studied Viticulture and Oenology at Plumpton College in the UK.
The house operates a vineyard in Avize on the Côte des Blancs.
Les Cinq Filles uses sustainable, organic and biodynamic methods whenever possible.
The story
From Plumpton to Champagne
Yvonne Seier Christensen completed formal study in Viticulture and Oenology at Plumpton College in the UK before Champagne YSC was founded in 2017 through Maison Les Cinq Filles. The house carries the Comité Champagne designation Négociant Manipulant. Its Avize vineyard lies on the Côte des Blancs, where Chardonnay gives the slope its name. The Skagen range includes Brut and Rosé Extra Brut, with the former showing yellow fruit, white flowers, apples and lemon zest, and the latter bringing extra dry vitality to red berry desserts, summer fruits, lobster and crab.
From the atlas
Champagne Yvonne Seier Christensen
Champagne Yvonne Seier Christensen connects Maison Les Cinq Filles in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger with an Avize vineyard and the Skagen sparkling wine range.
At A Glance
Field
Detail
House
Maison Les Cinq Filles and Skagen
Places
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and Avize on the Côte des Blancs
Wines
Skagen Brut and Skagen Rosé Extra Brut
Defining feature
Minimal sugar addition, including zero dosage offerings
The Producer
An 1879 stone house in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger is home to Maison Les Cinq Filles. Yvonne Seier Christensen studied Viticulture and Oenology at Plumpton College in the UK, founded Champagne YSC in 2017 through Maison Les Cinq Filles, and holds the Comité Champagne designation Négociant Manipulant.
The house works through two names. Maison Les Cinq Filles carries the Le Mesnil-sur-Oger address, while Skagen presents sparkling wines including Skagen Brut and Skagen Rosé Extra Brut.
Place
The Côte des Blancs is a Champagne slope named for the colour of Chardonnay grapes. Maison Les Cinq Filles operates a vineyard in Avize, one of four Champagne villages on that slope.
Avize places Chardonnay at the centre of the house's vineyard geography. The bottles extend that geography into the Skagen range, where Brut and Rosé Extra Brut take different paths through fruit, acidity and dosage.
Wines
Skagen Brut shows yellow fruit, white flowers, apples and lemon zest. Its acidity is direct but balanced, and the wine suits aperitif service and light dishes such as delicate white fish.
Skagen Rosé Extra Brut brings extra dry vitality to pairings with red berry desserts and summer fruits. It also works with seafood, including lobster and crab.
The range therefore moves from a pale, citrus marked Brut to a rosé made for red fruit contrast and shellfish. The two wines share a fresh profile while occupying different places at the table.
Final Word
Maison Les Cinq Filles makes zero dosage offerings, leaving the fruit to reach its potential without the pressure of annual production schedules.