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Antoine Chevalier, Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature Tecta Silva, 2020

Sparkling Wine from Champagne, France
by Antoine Chevalier
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A single-parcel, single-vintage Blanc de Blancs from the Coteaux Vitryats, the stretch of chalk between the Marne and the Aube that most Champagne drinkers have never heard of. Antoine Chevalier came home to the family's 2.5 hectares at Vitry-en-Perthois in 2014 and began converting them to certified organic farming in 2017. This cuvée comes entirely from Les Renardes, a southeast-facing parcel of Chardonnay planted in 2000 in neighboring Couvrot, where the chalk is crumbling and almost gravelly — the source of the wine's saline lift. Fermented with native yeasts in a mix of barrel, tank and ceramic egg, bottled without fining or filtration, then given three years on the lees and disgorged with essentially no dosage. Bone dry and vinous, this is grower Champagne for the dinner table rather than the toast.

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More about Antoine Chevalier

Antoine Chevalier is farming 2.5 hectares of the 60 hectares in total planted in the tiny village of Vitry-en-Perthois. He is the only grower in the village to vinify and bottle his own wine. Here Chardonnay is king and the soils are pure Turonian chalk.

Antoine’s family’s story begins in 1925 when his great grandfather, Guy, a farmer by trade, bought land here and first planted vines. For years, the Chevaliers sold fruit to the grand marques and eventually to the local co-op which they were instrumental in helping to establish.

Despite Coteaux Vitryats’ reputation for producing high quality Chardonnay, there was little to no history or tradition of estate bottling. In 2014, after working in wine regions around the world, Antoine along with his partner Aurore, returned to Vitry-en-Perthois to take over his tiny parcel of family vines with a drive to make wines that would, for the first time, let these unique terroirs speak for themselves.

Antoine immediately converted to organic viticulture with a special focus on cover crop and soil health. He tools around the vineyards in a restored vintage Volkswagen bus. Harvest is performed by hand, whole clusters are pressed in a vertical basket press and allowed to ferment naturally. The wines are vinified and aged in a combination of sandstone globes and 225L used oak barrels. Vin clair is aged for 10 months before bottling and the wines age for 36 months sur-lattes before disgorgement. Dosage is kept to a bare minimum if used at all.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Chardonnay

  • Vintage

    Champagne , 2020

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

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From the Importer

What Polaner Selections has to say about this wine:

Varietal Notes

100% Chardonnay

Vineyard

Single vineyard “Les Renardes” in the neighboring village of Couvrot. South-east-facing vines, planted in the 2000s on clay-limestone soil from the Middle Turonian grayer chalk with a deeply crumbled, more draining structure known as “Graveluche.”

Orientation

South-facing

Soil

Clay and chalk from the Turonien age

Viticulture

Farmed holistically without the use of any herbicides, pesticides or synthetic products

Vinification

Indigenous yeast fermentation and aging sur lies in combination of sandstone globes and 225L barrels

Aging

36 months sur lattes, zero dosage. Disgorged May 15, 2024

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Oysters, ceviche, sushi and sashimi, fried chicken, or a wedge of aged Comte.

Tasting Profile

Lemon peel, green apple and white flowers with chalk dust and a hint of toasted bread. Bone dry, taut and finely bubbled, with high acidity and a long saline, mineral finish.

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