Our Cellars
The Work of Time
A visit to the cellars of Maison Champagne Mandois reveals the immense passage of time required to craft exceptional Champagne and to build a family legacy. You’ll explore 18th-century cellars alongside the progressive constructions added by successive generations of the Mandois family.
Stretching across more than two kilometres of underground galleries, our Champagnes rest here from bottling to their peak maturity — over eight years for the Cuvée Victor and more than ten years for Le Clos. This far exceeds the appellation’s minimum ageing requirements, allowing each cuvée to develop the depth and complexity that define Champagne Mandois.
The 18th-Century Cellars
Beneath the estate lie ancient vaulted cellars dating back to the 18th century. Built from millstone, a material typical of the Champagne region, these cellars bear witness to the rich winemaking heritage of the Pierry cru. Several-metre-high air vents open directly into the family garden above, ensuring continuous natural ventilation. The temperature remains steady at around 10°C — an ideal condition for the slow maturation of our cuvées.
This remarkable heritage sits beneath the sacristy of the village church, the final resting place of Brother Oudart, a contemporary of Dom Pérignon. In honour of his legacy, the Oudart Cellar continues to uphold Champagne traditions. Here, traditional riddling racks are used to preserve and pass down manual riddling techniques. You’ll also find a maturation area for large-format bottles (from jeroboams to nebuchadnezzars), ageing demi-muids used for Le Clos or the liqueur de dosage, and the family vinothèque.
Hidden Treasures
The vinothèque is a true family archive — preserving cuvées created by both past and present generations. It captures the evolution of Champagne Mandois over time, showcasing historical bottling methods such as corks with metal staples, which were gradually replaced by modern capsules. It is also here that the story of Le Clos Mandois began. The earliest vinifications laid the foundation for what would become the crown jewel of our range: the 2004 vintage. In this space, the Mandois family’s winemaking expertise is etched in time and passed down from one generation to the next.
At Champagne Mandois, innovation and respect for time-honoured know-how are at the heart of everything we do. Our vat room is currently undergoing a major transformation to provide us with state-of-the-art facilities that will allow us to further refine the production of our champagnes while preserving the authentic character for which our Champagne House has been known since 1735.
As a result of this exciting development, we have had to temporarily suspend our tours.
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