Chandon India
CEO
Estate Director Rajesh Dixit
Creation date
2014
Headquarters
GAT No 652 & 653, Village & Taluka - Dindori, District - Nashik - 422202, Maharashtra, India
IdentityCHANDON INDIA
Nashik, in the Western Ghats mountain range, is where you’ll find the youngest CHANDON sibling. India is our wild card and our latest new frontier. , founded in 2014. Its site is in Nashik, Maharashtra, in the Western Ghats range.
In 2010, Tony Jordan, Chef winemaker at CHANDON Australia set off to learn about India’s emerging viticultural regions, from Bangalore in the south to Himachal Pradesh in the north. India has no long wine tradition, no terroirs with centuries of form. Its climate is tropical, with fierce summers and torrential monsoon rains. Tony Jordan finally homed in on a terroir around Dindori, Nashik, 200km northeast of Mumbai. The first grapes – Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir – were bought in February 2011 and vinified in rented equipment and tanks at a local winery. CHANDON India was officially launched with the release of the first cuvées in January 2014, and our winery was opened in April 2016.Following in the pioneering and entrepreneurial footsteps of our founders, this dynamic operation is pure CHANDON: it is crafting innovative bubbles from unusual grapes in an unexpected land.
In 2010, Tony Jordan, Chef winemaker at CHANDON Australia set off to learn about India’s emerging viticultural regions, from Bangalore in the south to Himachal Pradesh in the north. India has no long wine tradition, no terroirs with centuries of form. Its climate is tropical, with fierce summers and torrential monsoon rains. Tony Jordan finally homed in on a terroir around Dindori, Nashik, 200km northeast of Mumbai. The first grapes – Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir – were bought in February 2011 and vinified in rented equipment and tanks at a local winery. CHANDON India was officially launched with the release of the first cuvées in January 2014, and our winery was opened in April 2016.Following in the pioneering and entrepreneurial footsteps of our founders, this dynamic operation is pure CHANDON: it is crafting innovative bubbles from unusual grapes in an unexpected land.
I’m the youngest head winemaker in the CHANDON family. I was born in Nashik, so I have lived and breathed wine from an early age. I have also studied and been involved in winemaking in France, Portugal, New Zealand, the USA and Brazil before coming back home to Nashik.
The challenge, here, was to produce a sparkling wine in a sub-tropical climate that met CHANDON's high quality standards, and to build a winery that we could be proud of. And we did it.
The best part of working with CHANDON has been the exchange of ideas. Some of my colleagues around the world have been working for 30, 40 years for the brand. If I have a discussion for an hour with those guys I can tap into that experience.
Kaushal Khairnar
Chief Winemaker, CHANDON India
2014
DATE OF FOUNDATION OF CHANDON INDIA
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METERS IS THE AVERAGE ALTITUDE OF OUR VINEYARDS
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BEST INDIAN SPARKLING WINE 2020 @THE CHAMPAGNE & SPARKLING WINE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Visual representative of Chandon India's products, savoir-faire and identity
Visual representative of Chandon India's products, savoir-faire and identity
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CHANDON ROSÉ
Our most expressive wine.Fruity and delicate. A 100% Shiraz rosé sparkling wine, sophisticated and delicate. Intense aromas of ripe cherries, red fruits and soft grapefruit lead to a rich, creamy, persistent finish with subtle hints of guava and rose-petal pot pourri. Voted Silver Medal 2024 @The Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships, the “Oscars” of world’s bubble world.
Our most expressive wine.Fruity and delicate. A 100% Shiraz rosé sparkling wine, sophisticated and delicate. Intense aromas of ripe cherries, red fruits and soft grapefruit lead to a rich, creamy, persistent finish with subtle hints of guava and rose-petal pot pourri. Voted Silver Medal 2024 @The Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships, the “Oscars” of world’s bubble world.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME AT OUR TABLE
Our home in India is set in 21 acres in the picturesque Nashik foothills on the outskirts of Dindori. It is luscious, green, and far away from the hustle and bustle of the city. The whole experience is very distinctive and relaxing, so when visitors go back home they feel refreshed and recharged. This is ancient ground with a wealth of temples and traditional structures, so a sympathetic approach was needed. Cue a colonnaded exterior that’s a contemporary take on the area’s hill-station architecture, yet belies an ultra-modern, hi-tech facility within. The journey by road from Mumbai is one that many stressed city-dwellers are happy to make for a truly relaxing experience and the chance to acquire new wine knowledge.
TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE AND RESPONSIBLE FUTURE
At CHANDON India as at all our estates, we take our approach to sustainability, responsible farming and the people we rely on very seriously. We are involved in a lot of work on sustainability, care for the environment and social good practice. Wine used to be a monoculture, but we are armed with a lot more know-how now. We use natural organic fertilizer to keep our soils healthy. Much of our water is sourced from ground storage and we recycle it all. We are involved in many education initiatives in the local area on waste recycling and keeping the waterways clean. The sun can be relied on; thus 20 to 25 per cent of our energy comes from our big 150kW rooftop solar installation. We support a local school, and we’ve done a lot in terms of bridge repairs in the surrounding areas. There’s always more to do, and at CHANDON India we are always on the lookout for better ways to care for our earth and our people.
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