Côte des Bar

Marie Courtin | Polisot

Certified Organic & Biodynamic

Dominique Moreau has been making single varietal, single vineyard, single vintage, no dosage Champagnes from her tiny 2.5ha estate since 2005. The estate’s massale-selected vines include a single hillside vineyard of Pinot Noir, with a small amount of Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc, all planted by her father-in-law in the 1970’s. Dominique named the estate after her grandmother, Marie Courtin, who Dominique recalls as being “a strong woman of the earth.” (read more)

Vallée de la Marne

Flavien Nowack | Vandières

Certified Organic, Transitioning to Biodynamic

Flavien Nowack’s family has been making traditional, blended champagnes in the Marne Valley for generations in the village of Vandières. Approximately 75% of the family’s vines are planted to Meunier, with the remaining 25% planted to Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. 

In 2011, having studied with younger generation grower-producers like Emmanuel Brochet, Flavien gradually began moving his family’s estate’s production, parcel by parcel, in a new grower-oriented direction – focusing on organic farming, minimal intervention champagne-making, and single parcel, single vintage bottlings. Each year, he selects a single parcel from the family estate to rehabilitate and transition into organic farming, choosing to vinify in a way that he feels best captures the individual site. (read more)

Legrand-Latour | Fleury-la-Rivière

Certified Organic

Thibault Legrand is the new kid on the block with a unique vision and the fortitude and ingenuity to see it through. Inspired by his childhood best friend and mentor, Flavien Nowack, Thibault began refocusing the best parcels from his family’s domaine to organically-farmed, terroir-driven bottlings. The estate’s transition into organic farming started around 2013, and was certified in 2016. Flavien helped Thibault press his first wines when he left the local co-op in 2016. In 2017, Thibault launched his family’s domaine in a new direction with the release of his first bottling, “Éocène.” (read more)

Benoît Déhu | Fossoy

Certified Organic & Biodynamic

After a defining period at Bollinger, 8th generation champagne grower Benoît Déhu returned to his family estate in 2009, fully dedicated to natural practices and the Meunier grape. His transition into organic and biodynamic farming began in 2015, with the 1.7ha single parcel of Meunier “La Rue des Noyers,” – which he uses as the base for his blanc de noirs, rosé, and red and white Côteaux Champenois bottlings. In 2016, he added a small single parcel of Pinot Noir, “L’Orme,” which is from massale-selected Pommard clones. (read more)