Ruinart Blanc Singulier Edition 20

Blanc Singulier Edition 20 is one of Ruinart’s most technically revealing Champagnes. Created as part of the house’s climate-focused Blanc Singulier series, this third edition is built entirely from Chardonnay and deliberately combines a dominant 2020-harvest component with perpetual reserve wine. The blend is precise: 76% comes from the 2020 harvest and 24% from the perpetual reserve. That reserve component is itself divided between oak foudres and stainless steel, giving the wine a multi-vessel structure without changing its single-grape identity. The Chardonnay comes from around ten crus across several Champagne subregions rather than from one narrowly defined village. Edition 20 also makes an unusually clear statement through its finishing choices. The wine underwent complete malolactic fermentation, spent five years in Ruinart’s cellars and was released as Brut Nature at 0 g/L dosage. Those facts make it a particularly interesting bottle for buyers who like to understand how reserve wine, vessel and dosage shape the architecture of Champagne. Ruinart was founded in Reims in 1729 and is widely recognised as the oldest established Champagne house. Chardonnay is central to its modern identity, from the house Blanc de Blancs through Dom Ruinart and into the newer Blanc Singulier project. This bottle sits at the experimental end of that Chardonnay tradition rather than simply replicating the established house style. For the buyer, the attraction lies in that combination of continuity and deliberate difference. You still have Ruinart’s defining grape, but the multi-region Chardonnay base, perpetual reserve and zero-dosage finish give Edition 20 its own technical purpose. Choose Ruinart Blanc Singulier Edition 20 if you want a serious, specialist Ruinart that rewards attention to how it was assembled. It is an exact edition rather than a generic cuvée, and the release number matters: this is the 2026 Edition 20, built around the 2020 harvest and perpetual reserve, with five years of cellar maturation and no dosage.