Drappier
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Drappier is a Champagne producer based in the Urville
Urville, Aube
Urville is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.-Population:...

 region of Champagne. The house, founded in 1808, produces both vintage
Vintage
Vintage, in wine-making, is the process of picking grapes and creating the finished product . A vintage wine is one made from grapes that were all, or primarily, grown and harvested in a single specified year. In certain wines, it can denote quality, as in Port wine, where Port houses make and...

 and non-vintage cuvee
Cuvee
Cuvée is a French wine term derived from cuve, meaning vat or tank. The term cuvée is used with several different meanings, more or less based on the concept of a tank of wine put to some purpose:...

as well as a prestige wine known as Grande Sendrée.

Drappier Champagne produces an unsulfured
Sulfur
Sulfur or sulphur is the chemical element with atomic number 16. In the periodic table it is represented by the symbol S. It is an abundant, multivalent non-metal. Under normal conditions, sulfur atoms form cyclic octatomic molecules with chemical formula S8. Elemental sulfur is a bright yellow...

 Champagne, Brut Nature Zéro Dosage Sans Souffre NV, a Blanc de noirs.

Drappier is considered one of the finest boutique champagne producers in the world: this is because of the cellars where they store the wine, which are among the oldest and most extensive in Europe and also were the only cellars that weren't damaged during the two world wars or the fires that raced through the area in the 1950's.

The low amount of sulfur they use in their wine, which stands at 0.002%, is also the lowest in any champagne, whereas other, larger brands use up to 5%.

Drappier is also the sole source of unusually huge bottles of champagne: those larger than Jeroboam (3 Litres).
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