Champagne Laforge Testa house of Champagne of the Marne valley area

House of Champagne
of the Marne valley area

The Champagne Laforge-Testa house is located in the Marne valley area, in Charly-sur-Marne.

At the gateway to the Champagne region vineyards, just one hour from Paris, you will enjoy exploring our lovely region, its valley and our Champagne coming from a unique clay-limestone soil.

Family owned for the last four generations, our work has successfully combined tradition and modern technology for the utmost respect of our patrimony. Environmentally-conscious, we, have opted for a sustainable grape growing, the guarantee of a high quality grapes.

Our plain and elegant dressing puts the emphasis on the perfect continuity of this Champagne house throughout history.

We greatly value the conduct on our estate, a rigorous work
from the pruning to the harvest
allows us to harvest great quality grapes.
Our house remains faithful to the traditional Champagne press.

50% Pinot Noir
40% Chardonnay
10% Pinot Meunier

Aged for a minimum of 5 years

Dosage: 10 g/l

Tasting notes: Clear and bright, pale gold color, with fine bubbles and a nice ring. Pleasant nose of ripe white fruits, slightly stewed; with aeration appear brioche and roasting note. On the palate, the attack is frank, creamy reinforced by a great freshness; revealing the roasting note perceived on the nose. A balanced Champagne, harmoniously blended, with a nice structure and a good length.

To drink: within 3 years.

Food matching: ideal as an aperitif with toasts. It can also be served with light meals, seafood, soft white cheese, pancakes.
55% Pinot Noir
45% Chardonnay

Dosage: 10g/l

Tasting notes: Straw yellow colour, clear and bright, green glints, with fine bubbles. The delicate and elegant nose evokes the white flowers, pear and vine peach; but also notes of honey and toast. The palate reveals an existing complexity: a rich wine expressing the white and yellow fruits perceived on the nose but also creamy and buttery accents. The finish is very long, revealing the dried fruits. A good overall balance.

To drink: within 5 years

Food matching: roasted sea bass with cream of sorrel.
70% Pinot Noir
30% Chardonnay

Aged for a minimum of 4 years

Dosage: 10g/l

Tasting notes: Clear and bright light orange pink color, with a delicate ring and fine bubbles. The nose is appealing, direct on stewed red fruits and ripe fruits; with aeration, appear notes of citrus and touches of blood oranges. The palate is soft, full-bodied, sweet and tasty; the sharpness of the flavours of the nose is recognized. The whole offers a very nice balance with a polished freshness accompanying the wine till the finish.

To drink: within 2 years

Food matching: it is the perfect accompaniment to all desserts, choux pastries, babas, sweet mousses.
100% Chardonnay

Aged for a minimum of 6 years

Dosage: 10 g/l

Tasting notes: light yellow-golden color. The nose is young, pure and fruity with notes floral and mineral. The taste is elegant with aromas of citrus and peach.

To drink: within 3 years

Food matching: ideal as an aperitif. It can also be served with spiny lobster.
A red wine, 100% Pinot Noir, is made from a plot of 25 years and vinified and matured in oak barrel.

Tasting notes: light ruby red colour, some toasty notes, vanilla and red berries, sour cherry and almonds. The palate is light with fresh acidity, quite soft tannin.

To drink: within 5 years.

Food matching: this is the ideal red wine at a gastronomic feast accompanied by several, different Laforge Testa Champagnes with its divers styles or levels of sweetness. It is the perfect accompaniment red meats and cheeses.