2018

The single vineyard Les Chênes champagne is produced exclusively with Chardonnay. Les Chênes is a renowned vineyard located halfway up the slope along the street to Hautvillers, east of Cumières. There is only a thin soil layer over the chalky parent rock. The first vintage produced only 400 bottles, although today production has expanded to 1800 bottles — produced solely in the finest vintages and only as Brut Nature.  

100% Pinot Meunier from single vineyard "Les Gouttes d'Or" Dosage: 2g/l Vinified in oak and concrete egg Les Solistes are wines from typical vineyards which give us a very significant caracter of their terroir. SOILS: Bottom of the hill, ocher clays with strong presence of flint calcite, on chalk of the Campanian AGING: On cork - 4 years (75CL) • 5 years (1,5L) PRODUCTION: 1500 bottles and 30 magnums JM Seleque: "The nobility of the great Meunier, on a historical terroir, a massales selection of 1951 that gives us wines both fine and precise." Nicola MAR26 (2020): Yellow, spicy fruit, expressive, aromatic with freshness, pressure, and a nutty, smoky finish.Tilman MAR26 (2020): Very mineral and cool, underpinned by fine spice and herbaceousness, strong balance, light grip, great verticality.  

100% Chardonnay Single vineyard Les Tartières / Les Porgeons "The Chalk is explored by the roots from 70cm to 200cm" 100% aging in wood (320 and 600 liter barrels) for 10 months Dosage: 2,5g/l 4 years of bottle aging under cork The "Solistes" are Single Vineyard, Single Grape, Single Vintage champagnes that want to bring out or show the maximum of terroir. Nicola MAR26 (2020): Straightforward, fresh with pronounced yellow fruitiness, creating a tension between austerity and generosity, exciting character.  Tilman MAR26 (2020): Juicy yellow fruit, notes of peach and honey, underpinned by stony minerality, compact, precise, and mellow.

100% ChardonnayDosage 2g/lFrom VertusAged in barriqueBottle ageing: At least 3 yearsVines planted in 1956Tasting FEB20 (over vintage 2014): Incredible complexity, subtle but penetrating, super-elegant aromas, Doyard's premium wines have a lot to offer and are little works of art.

100% Pinot Noir Terroir: Ambonnay Parcelle: Les Beurys Age of vines: 35 years 100% vinified in wood No malolactic fermentation Dosage: 3 g/l Tasting FEB20: Powerful, a lot of body, currently more nutty than vinous"I feel naked" - that's what Eric said to us. Eric Rodez is known as the master of assemblage and now he had to trust that the single parcelle contains all a great champagne needs. And these brand new champagnes are really grand. One of the most elegant, deep and complex champagnes we tasted from this domain so far. His son Mikhael was the driver to this initiative: "It's time father" he said...