Winegrower's Champagne in Mareuil-sur-Äy

We elaborate Champagne wines in our own way, by doing what we think to be right.

Our convictions are forged by the special attention payed to the
winegrowing landscapes and moderate experimentation, without dogma
or direction.

We are patiently and confidently moving forward with regard
to our crafted vines and wines, driven by the determination
to achieve precision at all levels of production.

Year after year, we as winegrowers keep to a clear and straight path,
in view of elaborating silky and ethereal wines, reflecting our freedom of choice.
It is in this spirit that we share our Champagnes through a refined art
of living shaped by generosity, conductive to interactions pulsated with a certain elation.

Our project

Tracing
a path
to
freedom

Entertaining, moving, social and festive – our Champagnes have a taste for life.
They are as much the result of know-how as of history.

Our convictions

From parcels to terroirs:
meet our champagnes

Each of our champagnes has its own individual personality. Each one is the fruit of painstaking, meticulous work. Each one has been made to be shared, in the same spirit of sharing that animates us at the Domaine.

Our Champagnes

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Maman, Mamie, Madame Pouillon. Toute une vie consa

Reposted from @saraunderdown Quick trip back to Ch $Reposted from @saraunderdown Quick trip back to Champagne yesterday to see Fabrice Pouillon at his domaine in Mareuil-sur-Äy. Fabrice Pouillon makes exceptional champagnes. Rich, textured and multi-layered, sparking with energy whilst remaining elegant. The character of his wines comes from both sides of the Marne Valley, principally Aÿ and Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, but also Avenay, Epernay, Festigny, Mutigny and Tauxières. A natural approach is used in his vineyards, using sensitive practices, to concentrate mineral content and elaborate terroir with a vision for ‘singularity’. There are 40 parcels spanning seven hectares comprising mostly pinot noir and chardonnay with just a little meunier (1ha). I asked Fabrice about how his wines have changed over the last few years. Since my first taste in 2018, when I was impressed by the deliciousness and concentration, I have noticed more elegance and freshness. He told me that juice is now extracted in fractions (4-5 presses) to respect the anatomy and structure of each berry, and then vinified separately. This is painstaking work, elaborating purity and elegance from Fabrice’s champagnes which I find very appealing, and especially alongside subtle oxidative complexity. He also credits using his own sugar at dosage (which is always extra brut) – from grape juice – for creating a finer bead and softer texture. We also visited Fabrice’s Coteaux Champenois Mareuil Rouge parcel (just 1 ha of pinot noir) where the cover crops grow wild in a glorious display of yellow and are credited with holding heat from the sun to fight the onset of frost. Remarkably, you can identify his parcels from far away, just by sight. Vineyards beaming with brilliant yellow mustard plants are scattered, here and there, across Mareuil-sur-Äy and Äy, as far as the eye can see. We concluded with a tasting of Solera, Les Chataigniers 2017 and Les Terres Froides 2018. So delicious and with lovely purity – I especially enjoyed Les Terres Froides which has less oak and some vinification in concrete egg-shaped vats and ceramic amphorae. A great visit, and I learned so much. Thank you Fabrice for your time. 🙏🥂 #champagnepouillon #winegrower$

Notre #manifeste sur notre nouveau site #elegancee

#terresfroides #lieuxdits #lesfourches #tauxieres

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Winegrower's Champagne in Mareuil-sur-Äy

We elaborate Champagne wines in our own way, by doing what we think to be right.

Tracing a path to freedom

From parcels to terroirs: meet our champagnes

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Tracing
a path
to
freedom

From parcels to terroirs:
meet our champagnes

Daily life at the Domaine:
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