Armand de Brignac Blanc de Noirs Assemblage No. 5

Armand de Brignac Blanc de Noirs Assemblage No. 5 is the current numbered successor in the brand’s most Pinot Noir-focused line. The documented release is 100% Pinot Noir, bringing together the 2013, 2014 and 2015 harvests, with 6 g/L dosage. It was disgorged on 21 August 2024 and produced as 8,165 numbered bottles. That makes No. 5 quite different from the broader Armand de Brignac signature cuvées. The core range is built around a three-vintage blending philosophy, but Blanc de Noirs narrows the grape focus while retaining that multi-year architecture. For buyers who already know Brut Gold, this is therefore a way to move deeper into the range without abandoning the brand’s preference for combining several harvests. Production is entrusted to the Cattier family, with Jean-Jacques and Alexandre Cattier identified as the winemakers behind the cuvées. The Cattier family owns substantial vineyards in the Montagne de Reims, although the Armand de Brignac brand and the Cattier vineyard holdings should be understood as distinct parts of the overall story. For Pinot Noir specifically, the numbered Blanc de Noirs releases are the key wines to compare. Assemblage No. 5 should be considered by its exact release details rather than as a generic permanent formula. The harvest combination, dosage, disgorgement date and bottle count are all part of its identity. That release specificity also separates it from Blanc de Noirs Vintage 2015, which marks the brand’s first single-vintage Champagne and therefore represents a more fundamental departure from the established multi-vintage approach. For collectors, No. 5 has a straightforward proposition: pure Pinot Noir, three specified harvests, a precise disgorgement date and a finite numbered production. It is best bought as the exact Assemblage No. 5 release, not simply as “Armand de Brignac Blanc de Noirs”. Within a mixed case, it is the most direct route into the black-grape side of the portfolio while preserving the multi-vintage blending logic that has defined the brand from the outset.