Côteaux Champenois 'Le Vin Tranquille' — Pinot Meunier 2018
£96.00
A Wine That
is rare in the world of Champagne. Pinot Meunier directly pressed so with a very different direction than most other 'Meunier' wines in the region. The wine looks like a pale blush white packed with an incredible energy. Wine of the Year territory.
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- Winemaker: Timothée Stroebel
France
Champagne
12.5%
White
75cl
8-12°C
Organic
Clay-Limestone
Sandstone
Pinot Meunier
Where and How?
This Blanc De Noir Coteaux is made from the north-facing 'Cumines' vineyard but from the part planted by Timothées grandfather in 1964. Aging takes place in barrels for 20 months without additions.
The Winemaker: Timothée Stroebel
Champagne, despite its lofty reputation, has borne the brunt of chemical farming, perhaps more so than any other French wine region. It’s thanks to an increasing handful of growers like Timothée that the soils here are beginning to slowly recover from decades of chemical abuse. They are leading the way, and others are beginning to follow, a little like a positive version of a vinous Pied Piper. The ecosystem doesn’t die; instead it strengthens and flourishes.
Timothée achieved his organic certification in 2014 after over a decade's work to regenerate his soils. He works almost without machines, instead working his soils by horse and plough with his own two horses, Bijou and Quina. All his vineyard work is carried out with the goal of promoting soil health; in order to boost the vineyards’ ecosystem and attract insects and birds.