Champagne Marie Copinet
Champagne Marie Copinet
Côtes des Sézanne, Champagne, France
Marie-Laure Copinet and her winemaker husband Alexandre Kowal have taken over her family's estate, founded by her father Jacques in 1975. Before then, the Copinets were selling their fruit to Moët, but Jacques' work at Taittinger led him to decide to create their own grower champagne estate. They are based in the tiny Champagne village of Montgenost (population 140) in the Côtes des Sézanne, and they own 10.5 hectares of vineyards in Côtes des Sézanne, Côtes des Bar, and Vallée de la Marne, producing only 5,500 cases annually. They began organic conversion in 2018.
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Champagne Marie Copinet
Champagne Marie Copinet
Nos Pas Dans… La Terre Complantée Brut Nature
Marie-Laure Copinet and her winemaker husband Alexandre Kowal have taken over her family's estate, founded by her father Jacques in 1975. Before then, the Copinets were selling their fruit to Moet, but Jacques' work at Taittinger led him to decide to create their own grower champagne (RM) estate. They are based in the tiny Champagne village of Montgenost (population 140) in the Côtes des Sézanne, and they own 9 hectares of vineyards in Côtes des Sézanne, Côtes des Bar, and Vallée de la Marne, producing only 5,500 cases annually, and began organic conversion in 2018. Nos pas dans... is a series of soil / grape studies put out by Marie Copinet.
Complantée is a field blend of Pinot Noir and Meunier from the plot of La Charbonnière, in the village of Brouillet, situated in the little-known Vallée de l'Ardre, east of Reims. The soils are dark and crumbly, as seen on the label. It was native fermented and vinified in large oak (60%) and stainless, and is from the 2019 vintage. It remained sur lattes until November 2025, when it was disgorged with 0 dosage.
Burnished cherry, wild raspberry, lemon peel and pith is textured with chalk dust, and centred on a candied lemon meringue core. There's alluring and moreish salinity woven throughout this wine, propelling it through a lengthy textured finish. Such balance and poise here, in a seamless wine of place. Special.
"From a complanted parcel of Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier in the Vallée de l'Ardre. Lieu-dit La Charbonnière. Zero dosage. Lemon-blossom, lemon-curd nose. Very slightly richer and rounder than the Copinet Chardonnay wines, but with masses of chalky texture and flavour. Like all these Copinet champagnes, terse and brisk on the finish. Drink 2024-2028.” 16.5/20 points, Jancis Robinson
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Vintage: NV
Bottle Size: 750 mL
Bottles per Case: 6
Price per Bottle: $103
Style: Sparkling
Region: Vallée de l'Ardre
Appellation: Champagne AOC
Country: France
Grape: Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir
Colour: White
Vegan: Yes
Organic: Yes
Biodynamic: No
Natural: No
Low Intervention: Yes