JC Calvet

Calvet, one of the oldest French wine brands in the world, was founded in 1818 by Jean-Marie Calvet. In 1849, Jean-Marie and his son Octave built warehouses and opened an office in Bordeaux, they later expanded to Burgundy in 1870 to become the largest wine company in France in the 19th and most of the 20th century. While Calvet was sold in New York as early as 1882, its focus was primarily Europe, Argentina and Asia, and so its presence in the USA had all but disappeared by the late 1990s. Sixth generation négociant and direct descendant Jean-Christophe Calvet, and his eldest son Jean-Sebastien Calvet, in partnership with Les Grands Chais de France, re-introduced Calvet back into the USA market with the release of Calvet Brut Rosé in Spring 2017. In 2021, after a successful reimplementation of the Calvet Crémant in all US states, Les Grands Chais de France & Jean-Christophe Calvet reinforced their partnership by enabling the Calvet family to have their own exclusive brand - JC. Calvet Brut Classic, now being the only exclusive Calvet Crémant in the US market. JC. Calvet Brut Rosé is a sparkling wine from the Crémant de Bordeaux appellation and made with the méthode champenoise. Bordeaux has produced sparkling wines for well over 100 years, but the appellation Crémant de Bordeaux, was not made official until 1990. Production remains relatively small as only about 500 acres in the entire region of Bordeaux are devoted to producing crémants.