Former dancer of the Zurich Opera, Aurore Casanova manages, with her husband Jean-Baptiste Robinet, 3.5 hectares in organic conversion, superbly located. In the Montagne de Reims, they produce the extremely rare Grand Cru Puisieulx, a blanc de blancs with an almost crystalline mineral cross and an incisive blanc de noirs.
Also a successful conversion for Delphine Boulard, in her first life as an interior designer, returning to the family estate: she makes all her parcels speak of the Montagne de Reims according to a mineral mode where the material prevails over the effervescence, as on the very eloquent Rachais 2012.
Succession is also well assured at the De Sousa estate, in the Côte des Blancs: Charlotte, Julie and Valentin, like their father Erick, are part of a biodynamic dynamic which reaches the third dimension with the Mycorhise cuvée and touches our sixth sense on the Umami, enough to make each Caudalie resonate.
On Vrigny, Edgar and Louise Coulon embody the ninth generation working together with the previous one, perpetuating organic viticulture and agroforestry: in 2018, their two new cuvées of red Coteaux-Champenois offer a subtle and tasty imprint for Pinot Noir (Les Champs Chevalier) and the hedonistic Mont Moine, a 100% Pinot Meunier.
Aurore Casanova Coteaux-champenois white 2019
Model of style, doing honor to still wines: beautiful maturity offering a full attack, perfectly stretched by its soil of Mesnil-sur-Oger which gives here all its measure. This vintage goes perfectly with Pouligny cheese. 49 €
Francis Boulard
Accents of curry, mango and pastries. The palate, both caressing and energetic, unfolds an exemplary length of maturity. Wine of great gastronomy. 65 €
De Sousa Brut Tradition
Citrus, white and smoky fruits set the aromatic tempo. The greedy and expressive mouth is punctuated by a delicate saline note. We are in effervescent harmony. 30 €
Roger Coulon Le Mont Moine 2018
A 100% Pinot Meunier Champagne hillside more Benedictine than Cistercian: we have a joyful and enveloping fruit with a silky finish and a perfectly calibrated length. A promising first vintage! 70 €
Pierre Paillard The Maillerettes 2017
The intensity and smoothness of this blanc de noirs here takes on accents of cherry stone of great precision, perfectly supported by a subtle and saline tension of real complexity. 80 €
Etienne Calsac L'Echappée Belle
From the touch of bubbles, we let ourselves be carried away by a subtle creaminess that perfectly coats the chalky tension, with a subtle mineral final flight. What superb value for money! 27 €
