Piollot
The natural winemaker with a love of terroir
The Piollot winery is located in Polisot, a tiny village in the Aube, and is run by Roland Piollot and his wife Dominique Moreau, who is also the owner of the renowned Marie Courtin winery. For more than 50 years, Roland Piollot's family has endeavoured to bring out the authentic terroir of the plots, which are all located in Polisot.
In the vineyard, the vines were not renewed by purchasing new clones, but rather by cuttings from existing vines with favourable characteristics. These included some very old vines of the Pinot Blanc grape variety, which 99% of all winegrowers had discarded a long time ago. In the meantime, the so-called forgotten grape varieties are making a strong comeback.
The winery has been certified organic since 2009. Great importance is attached to maintaining the natural health of the vines. More recently, the base wines have been matured in wood and only naturally produced yeasts are used. Roland and Dominique want to create a holistic system in which the vines and terroir can express themselves as they emerge from nature itself and as is typical of the Côte des Bar region.
The champagnes are mostly undosed, straightforward and pure. They usually consist of one grape variety, one vintage and one parcel. They are not fined, filtered and only minimally or not at all sulphurised.
Facts: R.M., Polisot, Côte des Bar, 8.5 ha, 62% Pinot Noir, 20% Chardonnay, 11% Pinot Blanc, 6% Pinot Meunier, 1% Arbanne, organic cultivation
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Piollot Cuvée de Réserve - Bio
70% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay Dosage: 5,5g/l 50% réserve wines Vinified in emaille tank With malolactic fermentationTeam tasting FEB26: Nose: candied fruit, quince/pear, fresh bread crust, delicate nose, not too opulent; Palate: lovely acidity, stimulating, fine bubbles, subtle bitterness, yet beautifully rounded. Ideal as a food pairing.
Content: 0.75 Liter (€58.00 / 1 Liter)
Piollot Les Petites Mains (still wine) 2020 Coteaux Champenois Rouge - Bio
Still wine - not Champagne100% Pinot Noir single vineyard: Les Petits Mains
Content: 0.75 Liter (€62.67 / 1 Liter)
Piollot Cuvée Come des Tallants - Bio
100% Pinot Noir single vineyard: Come des Tallants in Polisot - less than one hectare with southern exposure - Link to single vineyard at Weinlagen-info Dosage: 0g/l Age of vines 40 years Aged in tank 4 years of bottle maturity Tasting FEB20: Base 16 - strong character, very spicy, many different spices, not as vinous as Tallants often shows, earthy flavours, nuttily aftertaste
Content: 0.75 Liter (€70.00 / 1 Liter)
Piollot Cuvée Colas Robin - Bio
100% Pinot Blanc Single Vineyard: Val Colas Robin in Polisot: Link to Single Vineyard at Weinlagen-info Dosage: 0g/l Old vines (65 years) 80% aged in tank, 20% aged in oak 5 years of bottle maturity Organic farming Production: 4,000 bottles/year. Val Colas Robin vineyard was planted with Pinot Blanc in 1955. It is one of the best from Piollot, with great exposure and the soil is based on limestone and red clay.Médaille d’Argent aux Vinalies Internationales 2015Tasting: FEB20: Base 14, tastes chalky, vivid accidity, fresh, straight, dynamic, pleasantly bitterish, earthy in the aftertaste Tasting a matured bottle - JAN21: Pulled out of the wine cabinet after 3 years: Colas Robin Basis 2013 (one of our favorite vintages, although received little attention so far). Wonderfully developed, delicious! Extremely harmonious, straight to the point - has retained the delicacy of the Pinot Blanc, still straightforward, elegant, cool, since no sugar, then a wonderful generous mixture of honey, nuts, brioche, cream, chocolate unfolds towards the back , Coffee that blends very gently and inconspicuously into the overall picture. Great development! Rating from Customer: More yellow fruited than I would expect, fresh, linear and inviting to another sip. More interesting than 98% of what I have tasted from this grape. The bottles was empty halfway through our dinner (I would have liked to see it develop over many hours, and luckily I have another) - (93+p)
Content: 0.75 Liter (€78.67 / 1 Liter)
Piollot Cuvée Rosé Les Protelles - Bio
100% Pinot Noir Single vineyard (Les Protelles in Polisot) Dosage: 3g/l 3 days maceration Aging in tank Age of vines: 45 years 4 years of bottle maturity
Content: 0.75 Liter (€79.87 / 1 Liter)
Piollot Cuvée Champs Rayés Blanc de Blancs - Bio
100% Chardonnay Dosage: 0g/l Single vineyard: Champs Rayés in Noé les Mallets - The parcel is named Champ Rayé after the striped soil due to two different colors of marl terroir. Old vines Aged in oak before 6 years of bottle maturity Organic farming Production: 6,000 bottles/year Médaille d’ Argent au Meilleur Chardonnay du Monde 2015 Customer Rating: Opened yesterday to acompany some great sushi. Just a lush and luxury-like feeling, drinking this wine. If this producer was more well known, it could easily fetch 80 Euro/bottle. I have som for tonight also, and I am looking forward to it. (92p)
Content: 0.75 Liter (€81.33 / 1 Liter)
Piollot Cuvée Mepetit - Bio
100% Pinot Meunier Dosage: 0g/l Single vineyard (Mepetit in Polisot) Age of vines 45 years Aged in oak 4 years of bottle maturity Tasting FEB20: Mepetit Basis 16, great fruit, very intense, very dense and concentrated, expressive, accidity very well integrated
Content: 0.75 Liter (€86.67 / 1 Liter)