Champagne Bourgeois Diaz’s BD’ 3CC Trois Cépages Collection is the estate’s most ambitious cuvée, a vintage-dated expression of the three main Champagne varieties assembled from the estate’s best parcels in the Marne valley and vinified without dosage at disgorgement. The Brut Nature classification confirms that no post-disgorgement addition of wine or sugar solution was made, placing the wine’s character and balance entirely in the hands of the base vintage and the ageing process rather than the moderating influence of dosage. The Collection designation signals that this is a curated, vintage-specific selection rather than the standard blend, and the magnum format amplifies the wine’s natural ageing potential in the ideal larger vessel.

The 2016 Champagne vintage was one of the most difficult of the decade, with devastating spring frost events, a challenging summer and very small crops across the appellation. The base wines from this year are characterised by exceptional tension, high natural acidity and the concentrated character of very low yields, producing Champagne foundation material of unusual structural depth. A Brut Nature from this vintage in the magnum format will have accumulated the combination of the year’s natural structural depth, extended lees ageing and the Bourgeois Diaz house style’s balanced expression of all three Champagne varieties into a wine of considerable interest and development potential.

The 3CC Trois Cépages Collection in magnum from a difficult, low-yield vintage in the Brut Nature style represents one of the estate’s most serious and age-worthy propositions, appealing to the collector who seeks grower Champagne of genuine structural ambition and documented vintage character rather than the reliable accessibility of the non-vintage blend. For those who encountered the standard 3CC Trois Cépages in earlier batches, this vintage-dated, zero-dosage, magnum format expression provides a fascinating point of comparison at the elevated end of the estate’s production.

Pale gold with fine, persistent bubbles and an austere, concentrated nose of green apple, chalk, lemon zest, dried herbs and a mineral tension from the 2016 vintage’s naturally low yields. Light to medium-bodied on the palate with electric natural acidity, a delicate mousse and a very long, bone-dry, tightly wound finish that reflects the year’s inherent structure. Best from 2026 through 2034.