Who makes it
Champagne Alain GUILLAUME works from Trépail with a family lineage reaching back through two generations of viticulteurs. The range includes Atemporel Extra Brut and Rosé Brut, two cuvées with different compositions and cellar profiles. The property holds HVE certification, Haute Valeur Environnementale, a French environmental standard for farms and vineyards.
Atemporel is the house's perpetual white cuvée. Rosé Brut provides the rosé expression. Their production details give the range its two distinct forms.
Where it grows
The estate is located in Trépail on the southeast slope of the Montagne de Reims. Chardonnay is especially present in the village, alongside Pinot Noir, giving the house access to both the white grape used for Atemporel and the red grape used in the rosé.
Trépail supplies the geographic setting; the bottles then separate the grapes through colour, blend, and dosage. Atemporel is a Blanc de Blancs, while Rosé Brut uses both Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
How it is made
The cellar
The vineyard is planted to Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Rosé Brut combines 40% Chardonnay with 60% Pinot Noir, including 13% red wine in the blend. It ages for 4 to 5 years in cave and receives a brut dosage of 6 to 8 g/l. Dosage is the final addition made after sparkling wine production, and a brut level leaves the wine dry while retaining some softness.
What they make
Atemporel Extra Brut is the white Blanc de Blancs cuvée, made from Chardonnay and presented in the extra brut style. Rosé Brut is the rosé cuvée, combining Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and red wine. The two bottles divide the range by colour, grape composition, and dosage.
Atemporel has an extra brut dosage of 4 g/l, while Rosé Brut is brut. The range therefore moves from a white cuvée built entirely around Chardonnay to a rosé whose colour comes through the use of red wine in the blend.