Champagne Palmer & Co yeast deposits for years, and for at least three years for Palmer Brut Réserve. The yeast sediment, or lees, slowly but surely adds richness to the wine and gives it a refined aromatic complexity. This voluptuous maturity is amplified with six to eight years of cellaring for the vintage cuvees and up to ten years or more for the magnums and larger format bottles. Palmer & Co is one of the very rare Champagne Houses that still produces wine in the monumental 15-litre Nebuchadnezzar. Champagne Palmer & Co Champagne Palmer & Co is a Champagne Producer based in Reims. It
History of Champagne or limestone caverns where Champagne is often aged, to escape the bombardment from German artillery. The famous Reims Cathedral was virtually destroyed by the Germans along with many other buildings in the region. Vineyards became a wasteland of pits and bomb craters as several battles and offensives were waged on the land. Still some Champenois forged on in producing Champagne during the difficult vintages of World War I (1914–1917). By the time the war ended the Champagne region had lost over half its population with the Aisne region alone losing nearly two thirds. Champagne production and warehouses were completely destroyed,