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Words by Lucy Edwards
When one starts their champagne education, three words are pummeled into our brains: CHARDONNAY, PINOT NOIR, MEUNIER! The three main grape varieties of champagne are iconic, but let's not forget the key word of that sentence: main.
These three varieties represent 99.7% of the Champagne region's plantings. But what about he remaining 0.3%? Nestled within Champagne's viticultural landscape lies a hidden treasure trove comprising just over 100 hectares of lesser-known grape varieties. These so-called "forgotten grapes" - including Arbane, Petit Meslier, Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc - constitute a mere 0.3% of the Champagne region. Being mostly "weeded out" between the 1950s and 1980 mostly due to inconsistent yields and susceptibility to rots and diseases. However with temperatures rising, they now hold immense potential and intrigue for winemakers and enthusiasts alike. Some also think that improvements in technology have given us the tools to reveal the full potential in these long abandoned grapes.
So what are these mysterious grapes? And are they making a comeback? And how can you explore what some call the future of champagne through tasting?
Arbane: Among these unsung heroes, Arbane stands out for its late ripening and delicate nature. While challenging to cultivate due to its susceptibility to adverse weather conditions and difficulty in pressing, Arbane yields champagnes of exceptional finesse, boasting floral and fruity notes reminiscent of hawthorn blossom, carnation, vine peach, apple, and quince. With a rich history dating back centuries, particularly in the southern champagne region (75% is planted in the Aube), particularly around the commune of Bar-sur-Aube. Ampelographers theorise that the origin of the name Arbane can be traced back to the medieval Latin term "albana," denoting "white grape." This term still serves as a primary name and synonym for various grape varieties in Italy, notably the Albana grape. Mystery remains around the family of this grape to this day, and it is believed to have been planted in Champagne by the romans. Arbane's revival is a testament to the potential of this low yielding species, but also proof of a clearly rising temperature. It is said that there are less than 12 hectares of Arbane in the whole region, which makes it the rarest of the 4 grapes. Alexandre Bonnet grow 0.12ha in La Géande and 0.9ha in Valdeney vineyards, which makes them one of the largest producers of the grape. Take, for example, the Moutard Arbane Vieilles Vignes, a champagne that embodies the essence of Arbane's revival with its ethereal finesse and captivating floral aromas.
Petit Meslier: Another rarity in Champagne, Petit Meslier, with its small clusters and grapes, is the result of a cross between Gouais blanc and Savagnin. While its low yields and susceptibility to disease present challenges, Petit Meslier imparts champagnes with a distinct smoky bouquet and citrusy undertones, adding complexity and depth to the final product. Its acidity can be searing, and is often, overbearing on its own as it will retain acidity even in hot vintages. This makes it a top contender as a grape of the future to counterbalance over-ripeness in extreme vintages. It is believed that there are about 15 hectares planted today. A prime example is found in the Duval-Leroy Petit Meslier, a powerful and expressive single vineyard cuvee. The 2008 vintage is still showing zippy acidity and despite its 12 years on lees already, is still a baby. This grape variety has plenty of ageing potential.
Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc: Close relatives of Pinot Noir, both Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc offer intriguing alternatives in Champagne. Pinot Gris, known for its low acidity and pronounced smoky, nutty notes, enriches blends with its distinctive character, earning the nickname "Enfumé" for its smoke-filled profile. It can add volume, body, and generous complexity to less expressive vintages. Meanwhile, Pinot Blanc, with its punchy, full-bodied nature and faster ripening, presents winemakers with a versatile canvas for crafting expressive wines which are more approachable in their youth. It is the most planted of the four with close to 100ha.
So who is bringing back the ancient indigenous grapes? Winemakers like the Moutard and Drappier families, champions of these forgotten grapes, have embraced their unique qualities. With vineyards boasting rare varieties alongside traditional grapes, they're pioneering a new chapter in Champagne's winemaking legacy. Drappier was the first producer to plant all 7 grapes and have recently planted the experimental Voltis hybrid grape which makes them the only producer with all 8 authorised varieties. Producers like Olivier Horiot and Laherte Frères are also pushing boundaries, experimenting with single-variety champagnes and innovative blends that showcase the diversity and complexity of these overlooked grapes.
As the Champagne region grapples with the challenges of climate change and sustainability, these forgotten grapes offer more variety to the palate of aromas to play with during their assemblage. With their resilience, distinctiveness, and potential for crafting exceptional wines, they may well hold the key to Champagne's future. Who knows when one of the Grande Maisons will release a cuvee with one of these grapes in their blend? Roederer and Bollinger have planted small plots for experimental wines, so it is only a matter of time.
Hélène Beaugrand and her son planting Pinot Blanc in Montgueux in April 2024.
It is worth noting that while the eighth grape variety Voltis was introduced in 2021, no wines have been released to market yet, as vines need a minimum of three years before they can produce grapes for champagne wine, and another 18 months minimum of ageing. They will likely hit the market in 2027/2028. The champenois believe that Voltis will most likely be blended into Chardonnay, Pinot and Meunier wines with a maximum of 5%.
Below is a list of all champagne wines made with these four varieties.
Les Monocépages
Derot-Delugny Retour en Avant NV
Planted by the Derot and Delugny families in 1929, this old grape variety has been vinified au goût du jour by Claire and Laurent Dérot. The plot is 0.52 hectares in a mostly South/Southeast facing hill. The first release of this wine was in 2009 for the 80th anniversary of the maison.
Blend: 100% Pinot Gris
Sub-region: Crouttes-sur-Marnes
Dosage: Brut - 7g
Time on lees: 3 to 4 years
Price: 32€
Nöel Leblond-Lenoir Perle de Dizet
With over 13 hectares planted around Buxeuil, daughters Elise and Mélaine have a few plots of Pinot Blanc and planted Arbane in 2018. Blend: 100% Pinot Blanc Sub-region: Buxeuil, Côte des Bar Dosage: Brut Time on lees: Not specified Price: 35€
Champagne Marcel Deheurles & Fils Céleste 2018
Blend: 100% Pinot Blanc 2018 (75% ged in stainless steel tanks and 25% aged in demi-muids for 4 months) Sub-region: Celles sur Ource, Côte des Bar Dosage: 10g - Brut Time on lees: 3 years Price: 38€
Daniel Pétré & Fils Pinot Blanc Sur Mont Coppé Millésime 2019 Single grape from a single plot from a single year. Blend: 100% Pinot Blanc Subregion: Ville sur Arce, Côte des Bar Dosage: Brut Time on lees: Not Specified Price: 40€
Daniel Pétré & Fils Sur Mont Coppé Millésime 2019 Single grape from a single plot from a single year. Blend: 100% Pinot Gris Subregion: Ville sur Arce, Côte des Bar Dosage: Brut Time on lees: Not Specified Price: 42€
Chassenay d'Arce Pinot Blanc millésime
This exclusive Pinot Blanc cuvée, from the unique terroir of the Vallée de l’Arce made froma single vintage. Current release is the 2015, presents more generosity than the previous. The wines from the 2015 harvest offer a balance between roundness and freshness, good maturity and an interesting ageing potential.Blend: 100% Pinot Blanc
Sub-region: Vallée de l’Arce, Côte des Bar
Time on lees: 7 years
Dosage: 4g
Price:40€
Champagne Gruet - Pinot Blanc NV
Blend: 100% Pinot Blanc
Sub-region: Buxeuil, Côte des Bar
Time on lees: Not specified
Dosage: 9g
Price: 45€
Champagne Marie Demets - Singularité Pinot Blanc NV
3,946 bottles made from their only plot on the Buxeuil finage: «Frion,» 0.3990 ha; planted in 1992, stainless steel fermentation followed by 30 months on lees. Blend: 100% Pinot Blanc
Sub-region: Buxeuil, Côte des Bar
Time on lees: 30 months
Dosage: 1.5g
Price: 45€
Marie Tassin Contrastes
An homage to the historic Pinot Blanc Vrai, from a 1 hectare plot and, though not stated, this is a single vintage champagne. 2017 harvest is the current release with a bout 3,000 bottles made. Blend: 100% Pinot Blanc
Sub-region: 7 g/L Time on lees: around 48 months Price: 50€
Champagne Gruet - Arbane NV
Blend: 100% Arbane
Sub-region: Buxeuil, Côte des Bar
Time on lees: Not specified
Dosage: 9g
Price: 55€
Pierre Gerbais L'Originale NV
Grapes mostly sourced from a lieu-dit called « Les Proies» which was planted on US rootstock in 1904. Aurélien started making a 100% Blanc Vrai from this plot in 1996, and this has become one of their Blend: 100% Pinot Blanc
Sub-region: Celles-sur-Ource, Côte des Bar Time on lees: 3 years
Number of bottles: 3,000 Bottles Dosage: 3g
Price: 55€
Liébart-Régnier L'Enclos
With 10 hectares in the village of Baslieux-sous-Châtillon, the Liébart Régnier vines produce 7 different cuvées including a coteaux champenois. Blend: 100% Petit Meslier
Sub-region: Baslieux-sous-Châtillon, Vallée de la Marne Time on lees: 2.5 years
Dosage: 0g Price: 58€
Thierry Massin Blanc Vrai
Blend: 100% Pinot Blanc
Sub-region: La Chevêtrée, Côte des Bar
Time on lees: Not specified
Dosage: 0g Number of Bottles: 1.696
Price: 62€
Nöel Leblond-Lenoir Arbane
With over 13 hectares planted around Buxeuil, daughters Elise and Mélaine planted Arbane in 2018. Blend: 100% Arbane Sub-region: Buxeuil, Côte des Bar Dosage: 0g Time on lees: Not specified Price: 65€
Piollot Colas Robin This wine originates from Val Colas Robin parcel in Polisot, cultivated by Roland Pillot's father, Robert using the massale selection method in 1955. Back then, while most growers were replacing Pinot Blanc with Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, Robert remained devoted to the cherished local grape. Colas Robin undergoes 80% steel tank aging and 20% barrel aging. Blend: 100% Pinot Blanc Sub-region: Côte des Bar Dosage: 0g, like all their cuvées Time on lees: 5 years Price: 68€
Fleury Cuvée Notes Blanches 2016 Blend: 100% Pinot Blanc Sub-region: Côte des Bar Dosage: 0g Time on lees: Not specified Price: 70€
La Borderie L'Arpent Oublié Single vintage from a single plot: Val More. 15% aged in oak, and then aged for 2 years. Only 1,300 bottles made. Blend: 100% Pinot Blanc
Sub-region: Bar-sur-Seine, Côte des Bar
Number of bottles: 1,300
Price: 70€
Sub-region: Noe les Mallets, Côte des Bar
Number of bottles: 599
Price: 72€
Liébart-Régnier Hortï
With 10 hectares in the village of Baslieux-sous-Châtillon, the Liébart Régnier vines produce 7 different cuvées including a coteaux champenois. Blend:Petit Meslier, Arbane, Pinot Blanc
Sub-region: Baslieux-sous-Châtillon, Vallée de la Marne Time on lees: 3 years
Dosage: 3g
Price: 75€
Drappier - Trop M'en Faut
One of the pioneers of these grapes is Drappier, and are a member of the region's research comity on these grapes. Hear more about this wine from Charline Drappier here. Blend: 100% Fromenteau (Pinot Gris) 50% of the 2017 harvest and 50% of the 2018 harvest
Sub-region: Urville, Côte des Bar Time on lees: 3 years
Dosage: 0g
Price: 75€
Laculle Freres Val Moignot Pinot Blanc, Cuvée James Barber Extra Brut
Blend: 100% Pinot Blanc Sub-region: Côte des Bar Dosage: Extra Brut Time on lees: 2018 vintage, oak fermented + 3 years on lees Price: 78€
Léguillette Romelot Millésime 2018 Founded in 1968, the Léguillot and Romelot families are the custodians of beautiful vineyards in the Marne Valley. In 2007 they planted a full hectare of the four forgotten grapes. Blend: 100% Pinot Blanc Sub-region: Charly sur Marne, Vallée de la Marne Dosage: Brut Time on lees: 4 years Price: 80€
Elemart Robion Petit Meslier 2018 Blend: 100% Petit Meslier Sub-region: Lhéry et Courtagnon, Vallée de l'Ardre Dosage: 0g Time on lees: Not specified Price: 80€
Gratiot-Delugny Bulles d"Avenir 2013 Petit Meslier was planted at the Gratiot-Delugny property in 2008 and produced its first bottles in 2012. David Gratiot chose to vinify it in oak barrels to soften its pronounced mineral taste.
Blend: 100% Petit Meslier Sub-region: Crouttes sur Marne, Vallée de la Marne Dosage: Brut Time on lees: Not specified Price: 85€
Fleury Cuvée Variation 2015 Sans Soufre A vision to isolate Pinot Gris, very rare in Champagne. Planted in 2010; harvested in 2015; vinified without sulfur until 2016, then aged for 5 years. This is the second generation of Fleury's first biodynamic Pinot Gris cuvée in Champagne. Blend: 100% Pinot Gris Sub-region: Côte des Bar Dosage: 0g Time on lees: Not specified Number of bottles: 2 200 bottles - 490 magnums Price: 90€
Duval-Leroy - Petit Meslier 2008 A powerful and expressive champagne with a touch of oak, highlighting the attitude 100% Petit Meslier from the Montagne de Reims, less than 4,000 bottles made.
Blend: 100% Petit Meslier
Sub-region: Vertus
Time on lees: Not specified
Dosage: Not specified
Price: 90 €
A. Bergère Petit Meslier 100% Petit Meslier from the Val du petit Morin aged in oak barrels from a single vintage.
Blend: 100% Petit Meslier
Sub-region: Fèrebrianges, Vallée du petit Morin
Time on lees: Not specified
Dosage: 0g
Price: 90 €
Brocard Pierre Absimilis La Lemblée 2019 Only 2,185 bottles made.
Blend: 100% Pinot Blanc
Sub-region: Celles sur Ource, Côte des bar
Time on lees: 2 years
Dosage: 2g
Price: 90 €
Pierre Gerbais Cuvée Expérimentale 18
1,158 bottles made from their 4 ha of Pinot Blanc. This makes them one of the largest producers of Pinot Blanc in the region. Blend: 100% Pinot Blanc
Sub-region: Celles sur Ource, Côte des bar
Time on lees: 3 years
Dosage: 3g
Price: 95 €
Julien Prélat Blanc de blanc la Lemblée
Blend: 100% Pinot Blanc
Sub-region: Celles sur Ource, Côte des bar
Time on lees: 5 years
Dosage: 6g
Price: 85 €
Julien Prélat Blanc de Gris
Blend: 100% Pinot Gris
Sub-region: Celles sur Ource, Côte des bar
Time on lees: 5 years
Dosage: 6g
Price: 95 €
Laherte Freres - Petit Meslier Extra Brut Laherte brothers were struck by petit Meslier's ability to stand on its own, as it has naturally high acidity, a quality of importance in with temperatures rising. This is blended with 40% reserve wine and aged for six months on its lees in barrels.
Blend: 100% Petit Meslier
Sub-region: Epernay, Vallée de la Marne, Côte des Blancs
Time on lees: Not specified
Dosage: Extra Brut
Price: 125€
Olivier Horiot - Champagne 2016 ‘Petit Meslier’ Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature
Blend: 100% Petit Meslier
Sub-region: Les Riceys, Côte des Bar
Time on lees: 2 years +
Dosage: 0g
Price: 145€
Olivier Horiot - Champagne 2017 ‘Arbane’ Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature Single vineyard with only 468 bottles made.
Blend: 100% Arbane
Sub-region: Les Riceys, Côte des Bar
Time on lees: 2 years on lees after 12 months in stainless steel
Dosage: Brut Nature
Price: 155€
Nicolas Maillart Les Courzy 2019 Single vineyard with only 1,697 bottles made.
Blend: 100% Petit Meslier
Sub-region: Les Courzy, Villers-Allerand, Montagne de Reims
Time on lees: 6 years on lees after 12 months in stainless steel
Dosage: 3g
Price: 140€
Moutard - Arbane Vieilles Vignes 2017
This cuvée is made from vines planted in 1952 by Lucien Moutard, the 2013 vintage, with a production of 1370 bottles, was the first 100% Arbane champagne readily available on the market.
Blend: 100% Arbane
Sub-region: Buxeuil, Côte des Bar
Time on lees: 7 years +
Dosage: 4g
Price: 230€
Cedric Bouchard - Roses de Jeanne Blanc de Blancs la Bolorée
A distinctive parcel of 100% Pinot Blanc sourced from vines aged 50 years. Only 600 bottles made per vintage.
Blend: 100% Pinot Blanc
Sub-region: Buxeuil, Côte des Bar
Time on lees: 7 years +
Dosage: 4g
Price: 250€
Les Assemblages
These blended wines include both wines with grapes sourced from different plots, but also what is commonly referred to as "complantée". Multiple varieties are planted together to promote biodiversity which is believed to improve ripeness and yield. Instead of vinifying seperately and blending after the first fermentation, many producers are pressing and vinifying all the varieties together to showcase their terroir.
Frédéric Caron Quatre Cépages
Blend:20% Meunier, 35% Pinot noir, 25% Chardonnay, 20% Petit Meslier Sub-region: Azy sur Marne, Vallée de la Marne Dosage: Brut Time on lees: 3 years Price: 20€
Tassin - Cuvée Elégance The 6,000 vines planted in 1954 by Bernard Tassin continue to bear fruit on this south-facing plot of Essoyes even today.
Blend:50 % Pinot Noir – 25% Chardonnay – 25% Pinot Blanc Sub-region: Essoyes, Côte des Bar Dosage: Brut Time on lees: Not specified Price: 22€
Jean-François Launay Réserve NV When Jean-François took over the family vineyard in 1956, he discover a few vines of Petit Meslier. After vinifying and discovering its potential, he planted more, and added Arbane and Pinot Gris to his vines. His grandson Gaëtan now manages the 6 grape varieties planted on 5 ha. Blend:40% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay,15% Meunier, 10% Gris, 3% Petit Meslier, 2% Arbane Sub-region: Venteuil, Vallée de la Marne Dosage: Brut or Demi-Sec Time on lees: 2.5 years Price: 22€
Jean-François Launay Réserve Rosé NV
Blend:% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay,15% Meunier, 10% Pinot Gris, 3% Petit Meslier, 2% Arbane Sub-region: Venteuil, Vallée de la Marne Dosage: Brut Time on lees: 2 years Price: 23€
Demilly de Baere Cuvée Or IV A blend of four grape varieties: Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, and Pinot Blanc, from four different vintages, crafted using four meticulous and distinct winemaking methods. Blend: Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, and Pinot Blanc Sub-region: Bligny, Côte des Bar Dosage: Brut Time on lees: Not Specified Price: 22€
Demilly de Baere Blanc de blancs This cuvée was first created for the year 2000 after 10 years of trials, featuring Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc, sourced from old vines. Blend: Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc Sub-region: Bligny, Côte des Bar Dosage: Brut Time on lees: Not Specified Price: 23€
Jean-François Launay Grains de Folie Blend: 85% Chardonnay, 10% Petit Meslier, 5% Arbane Sub-region: Venteuil, Vallée de la Marne Dosage: 7g Time on lees: 3 years Price: 25€
Frédéric Caron Duo de blancs
Blend:20% Meunier, 35% Pinot noir, 25% Chardonnay, 20% Petit Meslier Sub-region: Azy sur Marne, Vallée de la Marne Dosage: Brut Time on lees: 3 years Price: 26€
Champagne Marcel Deheurles & Fils Trio de Cépages
Blend: 40% Pinot Noir (2015, 2016, 2017)/ 40% Chardonnay (2016, 2017)/ 20% Pinot Blanc (2017) Sub-region: Celles sur Ource, Côte des Bar Dosage: 6.5g - Brut Time on lees: 3 years Price: 28€
Jean-François Launay Millésime 2018
Blend:17% Pinot Noir, 17% Chardonnay,17% Meunier, 17% Pinot Gris, 17% Petit Meslier, 17% Arbane Sub-region: Venteuil, Vallée de la Marne Dosage: Brut Time on lees: 3.5 years + Price: 30€
Marin & Fils La Délicate Old vines of an average age of 40 years in the Côte des Bar are used for this NV based on 2019. Blend: 70% Pinot Blanc, 30% Chardonnay Sub-region: Avirey-Lingey, Vallée de la Sarce Dosage: 7g Time on lees: 2 years Price: 35€
Léguillette Romelot L'Orchestrale Extra-Brut - Ephemeral Cuvée 2015 Founded in 1968, the Léguillot and Romelot families are the custodians of beautiful vineyards in the Marne Valley. In 2007 they planted a full hectare of the four forgotten grapes. Blend: Pinot Blanc, Arbanne, Petit Meslier, Chardonnay, Meunier & Pinot Noir Sub-region: Charly sur Marne, Vallée de la Marne Dosage: Extra-Brut Time on lees: Not Specified Price: 30€
Léguillette Romelot L'Orchestrale Rosé - Ephemeral Cuvée 2016 Blend: Pinot Blanc, Arbanne, Petit Meslier, Chardonnay, Meunier & Pinot Noir Sub-region: Charly sur Marne, Vallée de la Marne Dosage: Brut Time on lees: Not Specified Price: 30€
Léguillette Romelot Festival Blend: Pinot Blanc, Arbanne, Petit Meslier, Chardonnay, Meunier & Pinot Noir Sub-region: Charly sur Marne, Vallée de la Marne Dosage: Brut Time on lees: Not Specified - 2018 Vintage non declared. Price: 30€
Léguillette Romelot Cuvée Harmonie - Vintage 2018 Blend: Pinot Blanc, Arbanne, Petit Meslier, Meunier & Pinot Noir Sub-region: Charly sur Marne, Vallée de la Marne Dosage: Brut Time on lees: Not Specified Price: 35€
Pascal Mazet Nature Premier Cru NV
The narrative of Pascal Mazet champagne commences akin to numerous other champagne estates, rooted in matrimonial ties. In 1978, Catherine, hailing from a lineage of winegrowers, wedded Pascal Mazet, descendant of a farming family. Collaboratively, they assumed ownership of a 2-hectare vineyard in 1981, thereby transforming the farmer's offspring into a vintner. Now run by their son Olivier, and has been biodynamic since 2009. Blend: Chardonnay (16%), Pinot Noir (16%), Pinot Meunier (54%) and Pinot Blanc (14%)
Sub-region: Chigny les Roses, Montagne de Reims
Dosage: 0g
Time on lees: 9 years - 60% of the year's wines and 40% of wines from the family's perpetual reserve (soléra). Price: 38€
Gruet Cuvée des 3 Blancs
Blend: Arbane, Pinot Blanc and Chardonnay
Sub-region: Buxeuil, Côte des Bar
Time on lees: Not specified
Dosage: 8 to 10g
Price: 40€
Fumay-Tassin Futur Antérieur 2015
An homage to the historic Pinot Blanc Vrai, from a 1ha plot and, though not stated, this is a single vintage champagne. Made only in exceptional years, the ratio of Pinot Noir and Pinot Blanc depends on that year. Slow maturation occurs in steel tanks followed by the malolactic ferment. This wine spends a minimum of 8 years on lees prior to disgorgement. Around 3,000 bottles made per vintage. Blend: Pinot Noir 35%, Pinot Blanc 65% Sub-region: Celles sur Ource, Côte des Bar Dosage:Brut 5 to 7 g/L depending on the evolution of the seasons Time on lees: 8 years on lees Price: 40€
Gratiot-Delugny Grain des Folies Rose One of the only rosés crafted from a Pinot Gris, these grapes originate from a plot of their estate called "Les Folies".
Blend: 90% Pinot Gris 10% Pinot Noir Sub-region: Crouttes sur Marne, Vallée de la Marne Dosage: Brut Time on lees: Not specified
Price: 40€
Dufour Champagne Bulles de Comptoir #10 "Tchin Tchin" Organic viniculture, natural winemaking, without added sulfites. Charles Dufour creates these small batch cuvees with current vintages and perpetual reserve dating back to 2010. Blend: Pinot Noir 60%, Chardonnay 30%, Pinot Blanc 10% Sub-region: Landreville, Côte des Bar Dosage: Extra Brut Time on lees: 2018, oak fermented + 3 years on lees Price: 45€
Léguillette Romelot Notes Blanches Founded in 1968, the Léguillot and Romelot families are the custodians of beautiful vineyards in the Marne Valley. In 2007 they planted a full hectare of the four forgotten grapes. Blend: Pinot Blanc, Arbanne, Petit Meslier & Chardonnay Sub-region: Charly sur Marne, Vallée de la Marne Dosage: Brut Time on lees: 2 years Price: 45€
Pascal Mazet Originel
The narrative of Pascal Mazet champagne commences akin to numerous other champagne estates, rooted in matrimonial ties. In 1978, Catherine, hailing from a lineage of winegrowers, wedded Pascal Mazet, descendant of a farming family. Collaboratively, they assumed ownership of a 2-hectare vineyard in 1981, thereby transforming the farmer's offspring into a vintner. Now run by their son Olivier, and has been biodynamic since 2009. Blend: 35 % Pinot Blanc, 35 % Chardonnay, 15 % Meunier 15 % Pinot Noir
Sub-region: Chigny les Roses, Montagne de Reims
Dosage: Extra Brut - 3g
Time on lees: 7 years - wine from 2013 (80 %) 2012 (20 %), Price: 45€
Laculle Freres Les Deux Vallées
Blend: 50% Pinot Blanc, 50% Chardonnay
Sub-region: Côte des Bar
Dosage: Extra Brut
Time on lees: 2018 vintage, oak fermented + 3 years on lees Price: 47€
Robert Barbichon Réserve Quatre Cépages
Blend: Pinot Noir 69%, Chardonnay 13%, Meunier 1%, Pinot Blanc 17%
Sub-region: Côte des Bar
Dosage:1g
Time on lees: 3 years on lees Price: 48€
Pierre Gerbais Grains de Celles
Owners of 4 ha of Pinot Blanc which makes them one of the largest producers of Pinot Blanc in the region. One of the very few to include a forgotten grape in their base blend.
Blend: Pinot Noir 50%, Pinot Blanc 25%, Chardonnay 25%
Sub-region: Celles sur Ource, Côte des bar
Time on lees: 2.5 years
Dosage: 4g
Price: 50 €
Daniel Pétré & Fils l'Atypique Sur Mont Coppé Millésime 2018 Blend: Arbanne, Petit Meslier, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris Subregion: Ville sur Arce, Côte des Bar Dosage: Brut Time on lees: Not Specified Number of bottles: 1292 Price: 50€
Hostomme Arpent 5 Cépages Extra Brut
Blend: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Meunier, Pinot Blanc et Petit Meslier
Sub-region: Vallée de la Marne,
Time on lees: 4 years
Dosage: 5g
Price: 55€
Jérôme Blin Les Ports Complantation 2020
A rare Meunier and Forgotten Grape wine made from the Vallée de la Marne from a single plot with three grapes planted in 1986. The base wine is vinified in oak barrels and amphorae and is from the 2020 vintage. Disgorged 2022. Biodynamic. Blend: 90% Meunier, 10% Petit Meslier and Pinot Blanc
Sub-region: Vincelles, Vallée de la Marne Time on lees: 2 years Dosage: 0g
Number of bottles: a few hundred
Price: 55€
CH Piconnet Cuvee 3 Cépages 2015
Blend: 40% Pinot Noir, 35% Pinot Blanc, 25% Chardonnay
Sub-region: Neuville-sur-Seine, Côte des Bar Time on lees: 3.5 years
Number of bottles: 3348 Bottles, 120 Magnums
Price: 55€
Aubry Le Nombre d'Or Sablé 2018 The Aubry family replanted the forgotten varieties in 1993, and since have created two vintage cuvées to showcase Champagnes' lost heritage.
Blend: 10% Meunier, 10% Pinot Gris, 10% Pinot Blanc, 10% Pinot Noir, 20% Arbanne, 20% Petit Meslier, 20% Chardonnay
Sub-region: Jouy-les-Reims, Montagne de Reims
Time on lees: 4 years
Dosage: 6g
Price: 55€
Aubry Le Nombre d'Or Sablé Blanc de Blancs 2018 Blend: Chardonnay 40%, Petit Meslier 30% Arbanne 30%
Sub-region: Jouy-les-Reims, Montagne de Reims
Time on lees: 4 years
Dosage: 0g
Price: 55€
Bauser Cuvée Diam’s 2014 Blend: 50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Blanc
Sub-region: Les Riceys, Côte des Bar
Time on lees: Not specified
Dosage: Brut
Price: 57€
Roger Prioux Sept Cépages Blend: Arbane, Chardonnay, Meunier, Petit Meslier, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir
Sub-region: Villedommange, Montagne de Reims
Time on lees: Not specified
Dosage: 5g
Price: 60€
Hautbois "Haut'dacieuse" 5 cépages The Hautbois family own 8ha of vines on which they have five varieties planted (Meunier, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Arbane and Petit Meslier. This wine is whole cluster pressing. Must settling followed by an initial fermentation then malolactic fermentation. The white grape varieties are aged in amphorae for at least 6 months before being blended with reserve wines for black grape varieties. Then it’s time for one last fermentation. It’s a slow and steady process with the bottles laid on lees. Blend: 50% Meunier, 20% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay, Arbane et Petit Meslier
Sub-region: Pévy, Massif de St Thierry
Time on lees: Not specified
Dosage: 3.5g
Price: 60€
Janisson-Baradon Cuvée 7C Rosé
The 7C Rosé is a unique champagne that combines the 7 grape varieties. Cyril Janisson planted all these grape varieties on 4 plots located on the heights of Epernay: "Martinet", "La Croisette", "La Pie Danse", and "Meltin". The 7C cuvée is vinified in stainless steel tanks without malolactic fermentation and dosed Extra Brut to allow the wine's unique characteristics to shine. Blend: Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Arbane, Petit Meslier, Pinot Meunier vinified as red Sub-region: Epernay, Vallée de la Marne Dosage: Extra Brut Time on lees: 3 years on lees Price: 65€
JM Gobillard Les Six Formely known as "les Cinq", this cuvee now includes Pinot Blanc, and is limited to 4,000 bottles per vintage. Only three vintages have been released to date, as the vines were planted in 2004, with a total of 12 hectares around Hautvillers. Blend: : Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Meunier, Arbane, Petit Meslier and Pinot Blanc. Sub-region: Hautvillers, Montagne de Reims Dosage: Extra Brut - 5g Time on lees: 5 years on lees Price: 65€
Dufour Champagne Bulles de Comptoir # 11 "Terrine et Jardin" Organic viniculture, natural winemaking, without added sulfites. Charles Dufour creates these small batch cuvees with current vintages and perpetual reserve dating back to 2010. Blend: Pinot Noir 60%, Chardonnay 30%, Pinot Blanc 10% Sub-region: Landreville, Côte des Bar Dosage: Extra Brut - 3g Time on lees: 2020, oak fermented + 3 years on lees Price: 65€
Etienne Sandrin A Travers Celles R19 Blend: Pinot Noir 80%, Pinot Blanc 20%
Sub-region: Celles-sur-Ource, Côte des Bar
Time on lees: 2 years
Dosage: 2g
Price: 70€
Château de Bligny Cuvée 6 Cépages In 2004 , the Rapeneau Family decided to create the ultimate exception in Champagne : the only Clos as a Château in Champagne with the 6 varietals authorized by the appellation. The 0,89 Ha plot produces a non-vintage and a vintage, the latter being a prestige cuvée packaged in collaboration with Théo Fabergé. Blend: 16 % Chardonnay, 16 % Pinot Noir, 16 % Meunier, 16 % Pinot Blanc, 16% Arbane, 16% Petit Meslier Sub-region: Bligny, Côte des Bar Dosage: 0g Time on lees: Not Specified Number of bottles: 6,000 Price: 70€
Rémi Leroy Blanc de Quatre Cépages 2014 Small amount of Pinot Blanc from a small plot on a lieu dit. Oxidative style with oak ageing and agrafe ageing.
Blend: Pinot Noir 60%, Meunier 20%, Chardonnay 15%, Pinot Blanc 5%
Sub-region: Mer-sur-Mont, Meurville, Côte des Bar
Time on lees: 6 years
Dosage: 6g
Price: 72€
Goussard Delagneau Cuvée Ferdinand 4 Cépages Blend: 50 % Chardonnay, 17 % Pinot Noir, 17 % Pinot Blanc, 16 % Meunier Sub-region: Avirey-Lingey, Côte des Bar Dosage: Brut Time on lees: Not Specified Number of bottles: Not Specified Price: 72€
Goussard Delagneau Cuvée JD65 Blend: 50 % Chardonnay, 50 % Pinot Blanc, Sub-region: Avirey-Lingey, Côte des Bar Dosage: Brut Time on lees: Not Specified Number of bottles: Not Specified Price: 75€
Paul Deville Quinte Essences Only 5,000 bottles of this atypical and ephemeral cuvée produced only in 2013. Blend: "Secret blending" of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Meunier, Petit Meslier, Arbanne Sub-region: Verzy, Montagne de Reims Dosage: Nature or Extra Brut Time on lees: 6 years Number of bottles: 5,000 Price: 75€
Marie Courtin Cuvée Présence 2019
Originating from 2.5 hectares of vineyards planted on Kimmeridgian clay and limestone soils, where spirituality plays an integral role and made from single-vintage chardonnay and pinot blanc grapes, biodynamic
Blend: Chardonnay 67%, Pinot Blanc 33% Sub-region: Polisot, Côte des Bar Dosage: 0g Time on lees: 4 years (not declared vintage). Number of bottles: 1,700 Price: 75€
Laherte Freres - Les 7 The 7 lost grape varieties of were rediscovered within a single old plot, and it was decided to recreate a cuvee of yesteryear: Les 7.
Blend: 7 grapes
Sub-region: Epernay, Vallée de la Marne, Côte des Blancs
Time on lees: Not specified
Dosage: 4g
Price: 80€
Moutard - Cuvée des 6 Cépages 2012 Oxidative style with alcoholic fermentation in Burgundian barrels and prise de mousse under agrafe for 6 years.
Blend: 1/6 Arbane, Petit Meslier, Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir.
Sub-region: Buxeuil, Côte des Bar
Time on lees: 6 years
Dosage: 3g
Price: 82€
Léguillette Romelot Clos du Montdorin 2016 Founded in 1968, the Léguillot and Romelot families are the custodians of beautiful vineyards in the Marne Valley. In 2007 they planted a full hectare of the four forgotten grapes. Only 1005 bottles made. Blend: Pinot Blanc, Petit Meslier, Arbanne Sub-region: Charly sur Marne, Vallée de la Marne Dosage: 7.9 grams Time on lees: 5 - 6 years Price: 85€
Olivier Horiot - Métisse Extra Brut NV
Blend: 80% Pinot Noir, 20% Pinot Blanc - 20% Réserve Perpétuelle
Sub-region: Côte des Bar
Time on lees: 2 years
Dosage: 0g
Price: 85€
Alexandre Bonnet - Les Contrées 7 Cépages
Blend: Pinot Noir from a mass selection carried out by the estate, Chardonnay, Meunier, Blanc Vrai, Pinot Gris, Arbane and Petit Meslier blended for each between 5% and 10% are all planted on the same plot. Reductive style winemaking with stainless steel.
Sub-region: Les Riceys, Côte des Bar
Time on lees: 36 months on lees
Dosage: 0g
Price: 85€
Drappier - Quattuor Made from the four white-skinned grapes Arbane, Petit Meslier, Pinot Blanc, and Chardonnay, the wine highlights the timeless harmony and a delicate smoky freshness of the white grapes of Champagne. Drappier have close to 75% of all Arbane planted in Champagne. Hear more about this wine from Charline Drappier here.
Blend: 25% Arbane, 25% Petit Meslier, 25% Pinot Blanc, 25% Chardonnay
Sub-region: Urville, Côte des Bar
Time on lees: 3 years
Dosage: 4.2g
Price: 85€
Bonnet-Ponson Petit Melange Brut Nature 900 bottles made from a blend of 2018 and 2019 fermented in a sandstone egg. Blend: 28% Petit Meslier, 25% Chardonnay, 25% Pinot Noir, 20% Meunier 2% Arbane, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc - all pressed together
Sub-region: Chamery, Vrigny, Coulommes - Montagne de Reims
Time on lees: 3 years
Dosage: 0g
Price: 85€
Perseval Farge Cuvée Jean-Baptiste Limted production of 1067 bottles based on the exceptional 2012 vintage but with 42% reserve wines from 2013 back to 2010, aged in oak with partial malolactic fermentation. Blend: Chardonnay 53%, Pinot Noir 34%, Meunier 8%, Arbanne-Fromenteau-Petit Meslier 5%
Sub-region: Bouzy, Montagne de Reims
Time on lees: 6 years
Dosage: 5.5g
Price: 88€
Daniel Pétré & Fils Les 7 Cépages Champenois Millésime 2020 Blend: Arbane, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc Petit Meslier Subregion: Ville sur Arce, Côte des Bar Dosage: Brut Time on lees: Not Specified Number of bottles: 592 Price: 90€
Olivier Horiot "5 Sens" Millésime 2015 Blend of 5 Terroirs in Les Riceys: 5 barrels, and 5 grape varieties from a single vintage (old vines of Arbane, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay) Blend: Arbane, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc Dosage: 0g/l Time on lees: 3 years Price: 95€
Fleury Cuvée Quatre Cépages 2014 No sugar or sulfur has been added to this authentic, straightforward, gourmet cuvée. Only 3,030 bottles made. Disgorged January 2020.
Blend: Pinot Noir 58%, Chardonnay 25%, Pinot Blanc 12%, Pinot Gris 5% Sub-region: Côte des Bar Dosage: 0g Time on lees: 7 years Price: 99€
Agrapart Cuvée Complantée A multi-vintage field blend including six of the seven grapes of Champagne that grow together in one plot and fermented in oak. Blend: Pinot Noir, Meunier, Pinot Blanc, Arbane, Petit Meslier
Sub-region: Avize - Côte des Blancs
Time on lees: 4 years
Dosage: 5g
Price: 100€
Ayala Collection N 16 Fourth opus of the limited edition cuv♪0es from Ayala is the 2016 vintage Blanc de Blancs released in October 2023. Blend: 50% Chardonnay 50% Pinot Blanc, Arbane and Petit Meslier
Sub-region: Ay & Avenay from the Montagne de Reims and Chouilly, Cuis, Cramant and Oger for the Côte des Blancs
Time on lees: 6 years
Dosage: 5.4g
Price: 100€
Perseval Farge Les Goulats Limted production of 1067 bottles blended from the 2012 and 2013 vintages. The majority is softened in oak barrels but with no malo. Blend: Arbanne, Fromenteau, Petit Meslier 78%, Chardonnay 22%
Sub-region: Bouzy, Montagne de Reims
Time on lees: 6 years - Disgorged in 2020.
Dosage: 0g
Price: 100€
Benoit Lahaye - Le Jardin de la Grosse Pierre An organic Champagne composed from the 7 grape varietiesplanted in 1923: aged in old oak for 10 months. only 1,700 bottles made. Blend: Pinot Noir, Meunier, Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, Arbane, Petit Meslier, Pinot Gris
Sub-region: Bouzy, Montagne de Reims
Time on lees: Not specified
Dosage: 0g
Price: 110€
Fleury Cuvée Robert Fleury 2008 A cuvée in homage to Robert Fleury, the grandfather of the new generation. The finest parcels of the vineyard have been blended since 1997 for a cuvée crafted using ancestral methods. The power of a complex wine, a harmony of many grape varieties. "The rise in power of Ravel's Boléro." Blend: Pinot Noir 29 %, Chardonnay 36 %, Pinot Blanc 35 % Sub-region: Côte des Bar Dosage: 2.7g Time on lees: 10 years + Price: 115€
Etienne Calsac - Les Revenants
Planted in 2010, Etienne's vineyard in the Sezannais was an experimental plot for which he didn't have interstellar expectations. However these wines are now extremely sought after and are a stellar example of the richness of these grapes when treated and vinified in the best way possible. Blend: Pinot Blanc 50%, Petit Meslier 45%, Arbane 5%
Sub-region: Montgenost, Cote de Sézanne
Time on lees: 2 years
Dosage: Not specified
Price: 135€
Marie Courtin Blanc de blancs Amphores 2018
Biodynamically-farmed, hand-harvested, aged 11 months in amphora. 48 mg/L SO2; unfined and unfiltered, zero dosage.
Blend: Chardonnay 60%, Pinot Blanc 35%, Arbanne 5% Sub-region: Polisot, Côte des Bar Dosage: Extra Brut - 2g Time on lees: 2 years (not declared vintage). Number of bottles: 995 Price: 135€
Champagne Aspasie - Cépages d'Antan An exceptional cuvee made of three very rare historic white grape varieties, and with wines from a single year.
Blend: Arbanne – 40 % Petit Meslier – 40 %, Pinot Blanc – 20 % Sub-region: Côte des Bar
Time on lees: Not specified
Dosage: Brut
Price: 135€
Mouzon-Leroux Les Fervins 7 Cépages
Blend: Arbane, Chardonnay, Petit Meslier, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noirs, Meunier Sub-region: Verzy, Montagne de Reims Dosage: 0g/l Time on lees: 3 years Number of bottles: 1,300 Price: 140€
Olivier Horiot "éphémère" Unmei Unmei meand destiny in Japanese and illustrates the low winemaking intervention here as the blend proportions remain a mystery. 467 bottles made from a single barrel with fruit from a single plot. Blend: Pinot Meunier, Pinot Gris, Petit Meslier Sub-region: Les Riceys, Côte des Bar Dosage: 0g/l Time on lees: 3 years Price: 145€
Emilien Feneuil Cuvée Mix 2018 Blend: Chardonnay, Petit Meslier,
Sub-region: Sermiers, Montagne de Reims
Time on lees: 3 years
Dosage: Extra Brut
Price: 150€
Emilien Feneuil Cuvée Premier Cru Totum 2018 Blend: Chardonnay, Petit Meslier,
Sub-region: Sermiers, Montagne de Reims
Time on lees: 3 years
Dosage: Extra Brut
Price: 150€
Denis Salomon Le Clos Barret 2018 Only 677 of this single plot field blend were made which is quite rare in the Vallée de la Marne.
Blend: Arbane, Chardonnay, Petit Meslier, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Meunier
Sub-region: Port a Binson, Vallée de la Marne
Time on lees: 4 years
Dosage: 0g
Price: 150€
Champagne Geoffroy "Les Houtrants" “Les Houtrants”, originates from a vineyard planted mid-slope above Cumières in 2004. Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy opted for companion planting of 5 varieties there, in order to respect and capture the best of this sunny terroir in the heart of this Champagne.
Blend: Pinot noir, Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay, Petit Meslier and Arbanne. Multiple harvests starting in 2015, Bottled 2015 (blend of harvests from 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014). Only 1079 bottles made.
Sub-region: Cumières, Grande Vallée de la Marne
Time on lees: Multi-vintage, aged 7+ years
Dosage: 0g
Price: 162€
Laherte Frères - Meslier & Pinot
Single plot of Meslier planted in 2013 and Pinot from Chavot. Only 669 bottles made. Blend: 50% Petit Meslier, 50% Pinot Noir
Sub-region: Chavot, Côte des Blancs
Time on lees: 8 months on oak and 2.5 years on lees
Dosage: Nature
Price: 165€
Tarlant BAM Brut Nature "BAM!" stands for the blend of Blanc, Arbane and Meslier, planted in 2003 within the sandy, silica-rich limestone soils of Four à Chaux-Sablé in Oeuilly. These vines are certified-organic, mirroring the sustainable practices across Tarlant's vineyard sites.
Blend: Pinot Blanc 18%, Arbanne 18%, Petit Meslier 64%
Sub-region: Œuilly, Vallée de la Marne
Time on lees: Multi-vintage aged 5 years
Dosage: 0g
Price: 175€
Gaidoz-Forget Audacieuse Agathe 2013 Single site wine from the premier cru village of Ludes, this is vinified in oak, and aged 6 years on lees.
Blend: 60% Petit Meslier 40% Chardonnay
Sub-region: Ludes, Montagne de Reims
Time on lees: 6 years
Dosage: 5g
Price: 175€
Erick Schreiber Blanc de Gris 2015 Sourced from Biodynamic vineyards, with 42% spending time in cask, then 6 years in the cellar. No added Sulphur. Certified Demeter.
Blend: Pinot Blanc 65,40%, Pinot Gris 34,60%
Sub-region: Bar-sur-Seine, Côte des Bar
Time on lees: 6 years
Dosage: 5.23g
Price: 180€
Jérôme Lefèvre As Tongue Meets Ash Extremely rare maceration wine made only with white grapes. Only 77 magnums made. 2020 vintage non declared.
Blend: Arbane, Petit Meslier, Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay
Sub-region: Essômes sur Marne, Vallée de la Marne
Time on lees: 2 years
Dosage: 0g
Price: 840€
Champagnes de la Grande Charte GC-5 Quatre Cépages Sourced from Biodynamic vineyards, and with every single detail thought out to be the most sustainable champagne on the market. Each muselet is made from recycled pewter, no paper labels, and certainly not a drop of plastic. Cases are sealed closed with biodegradable wax. Only available on allocation for in a mixed case of 16 bottles.
Blend: 70% Pinot Noir, 12% Pinot Blanc, 9% Chardonnay, 9% Pinot Meunier
Sub-region: Côte des Bar
Time on lees: 6 years 37% Grape harvest 2011, 63% Grape harvest 2012
Dosage: 2.93g
Price: On application
Château de Bligny Cuvée 6 Cépages In collaboration with Theo Fabergé Creations, led by the grandson of Peter Carl Fabergé, who celebrated their founder's centennial in 2022, Château de Bligny has created the first vintage cuvée from their walled vineyard, the only one within an official château grounds in Champagne.
The body of this unique egg is made of brass plated with 8 microns of sterling silver. The classic Fabergé garlands, also molded in brass, are coated with 2 microns of 18-carat yellow gold, reminiscent of many classic Theo Fabergé creations. They are adorned with gold-clad claws and brilliant-cut rubies, the creator’s favorite gemstone. The six rubies pay tribute to the six grape varieties of Château de Bligny’s champagne. Blend: 16 % Chardonnay, 16 % Pinot Noir, 16 % Meunier, 16 % Pinot Blanc, 16% Arbane, 16% Petit Meslier Sub-region: Bligny, Côte des Bar Dosage: 0g Time on lees: 8 years Number of bottles: 100 pieces released, 750 planned Price: 5,000€
Les Coteaux Champenois
Liébart-Régnier L'Enclos
With 10 hectares in the village of Baslieux-sous-Châtillon, the Liébart Régnier vines produce 7 different cuvées including this coteaux champenois. Blend: 100% Petit Meslier
Sub-region: Baslieux-sous-Châtillon, Vallée de la Marne Number of bottles: 333 Price: 58€
Fleury Coteaux Champenois Blanc 2018 First creation of a still white wine in 2018, this rare pure Pinot Blanc is vinified half in amphora and half in oak barrels. It is an ephemeral and exclusive cuvée.
Blend: 100% Pinot Blanc
Sub-region: Côte des Bar
Number of bottles: 1160
Price: 60€
Brocard Pierre Coteaux Champenois 2021
Blend: Pinot Noir 50%, Pinot Blanc 50%
Sub-region: Côte des Bar
Number of bottles: Not Specified
Price: 62€
CH Piconnet Coteaux Champenois 2020
Single plot Les Val Mentra aged for 13 months in oak. No added sulphur. Blend: Chardonnay 70%, Pinot Blanc 30%
Sub-region: Neuville-sur-Seine, Côte des Bar
Number of bottles: Not specified.
Price: 72€
De Venoge Coteaux Champenois Shaar Adonay, La Porte de Dieu 2018 Blend: Chardonnay 80%, Pinot Blanc 20%
Sub-region: Les Riceys, Côte des Bar
Number of bottles: 1,000
Price: 72€
Mouzon-Leroux Coteaux Champenois 2019 Blend: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Meunier, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Arbanne and Petit Meslier
Sub-region: Verzy
Number of bottles: 599
Price: 78€
Karine Prélat L'Oeuf de K 2021 Coteaux Champenois
Blend: Pinot Blanc 34%, Petit Meslier 33%, Chardonnay 33%
Sub-region: Côte des Bar
Number of bottles: 511
Price: 72€
Drappier Trop m'em faut Coteaux Champenois
Drappier are the only house to have planted the eight authorised grape varieties in Champagne. Charline Drappier believes that these grapes may hold a solution to viticulture in warmer climates. She also thinks that improvements in technology have given us the tools to reveal the potential in these long abandoned grapes. They have close to 4 hectares of these 4 grapes. Blend: 100% Pinot Gris
Sub-region: Urville, Côte des Bar
Number of bottles: 511
Price: 85€
Etienne Calsac - Photogramme - Coteaux Champenois
Planted in 2010, Etienne's vineyard in the Sezannais was an experimental plot for which he didn't have interstellar expectations. However these wines are now extremely sought after and are a stellar example of the richness of these grapes when treated and vinified in the best way possible. He believes that Petit Meslier is a futurproof grape with great acidity retention. Blend: 100% Petit Meslier, although the blend changes depending on the year
Sub-region: Montgenost, Cote de Sézanne
Time on lees: 7 months on lees in a 350L barrel
Number of bottles: 500
Price: 94€
Aurelien Lurquin Coteaux Champenois Blanc de Blancs "Les Milieux" a L'etat Pur 2019
Blend: Chardonnay 85%, Petit Meslier 15%
Sub-region: Romery, Vallee de la Marne
Number of bottles: 289
Price: 280€
Emilien Feneuil Chamery Blanc Petit Meslier 2015 (50cl) Blend: 100% Petit Meslier
Sub-region: Chamery, Montagne de Reims
Number of bottles:
Price: 395€
Emilien Feneuil Coteaux Champenois Chamery Blanc Petit Meslier 2016 Blend: 100% Petit Meslier
Sub-region: Chamery, Montagne de Reims
Number of bottles:
Price: 595€
Ratafia
Léguillette Romelot Ratafia Blanc Founded in 1968, the Léguillot and Romelot families are the custodians of beautiful vineyards in the Marne Valley. In 2007 they planted a full hectare of the four forgotten grapes. Blend: Pinot Blanc, Petit Meslier, Arbanne Sub-region: Charly sur Marne, Vallée de la Marne Price: 50€
Interesting article.
As far as the Grande Maisons are concerned, I believe the reserve wine in Gosset Grand Reserve contains traces of Arbane, Petit Meslier and Pinot Gris.
Another interesting example is Jardin de la Grosse Pierre from Benoit Lahaye, a single vineyard release which contains all seven varieties apart from Pinot Gris. It also contains the historically acceptable grapes varieties, Chasselas, Gros Plant and Teinturier.
Thank you.