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Champagne Marie Copinet
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.
In this case, this is Chardonnay on the chalky soils of Montgenost, and from the 2021 vintage. This was native fermented with full MLF in stainless, and spent 36 months on lees before disgorge in May 2025 with 0 dosage.
“100% Chardonnay from lieu-dit La Grande Montagne in Montgenost. No pesticides, no herbicides. Dosage 0 g/l. Precision verging on austerity – a long, steely line of acidity that flies the length of the wine like an arrow from a crossbow. There is no arguing with this wine, no chance of deflecting it. Stony citrus, stony power. It softened a fraction, however, when paired with salty fresh cheese, revealing some nuttiness, a hint of crisp fruit. A towering ice queen of a wine but not without a heart. Drink 2024-2032.” - 17/20 points, Jancis Robinson
Read more about Champagne Marie Copinet here.
Vintage: NV
Bottle Size: 750 mL
Bottles per Case: 6
Price per Bottle: $103
Style: Sparkling
Region: Côte de Sézanne
Appellation: Champagne AOC
Country: France
Grape: Chardonnay
Colour: White
Vegan: Yes
Organic: Yes
Biodynamic: No
Natural: No
Low Intervention: Yes
Champagne Marie Copinet
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.
In this case, this is Chardonnay on the chalky soils of Montgenost, and from the 2021 vintage. This was native fermented with full MLF in stainless, and spent 36 months on lees before disgorge in May 2025 with 0 dosage.
“100% Chardonnay from lieu-dit La Grande Montagne in Montgenost. No pesticides, no herbicides. Dosage 0 g/l. Precision verging on austerity – a long, steely line of acidity that flies the length of the wine like an arrow from a crossbow. There is no arguing with this wine, no chance of deflecting it. Stony citrus, stony power. It softened a fraction, however, when paired with salty fresh cheese, revealing some nuttiness, a hint of crisp fruit. A towering ice queen of a wine but not without a heart. Drink 2024-2032.” - 17/20 points, Jancis Robinson
Read more about Champagne Marie Copinet here.
Vintage: NV
Bottle Size: 750 mL
Bottles per Case: 6
Price per Bottle: $103
Style: Sparkling
Region: Côte de Sézanne
Appellation: Champagne AOC
Country: France
Grape: Chardonnay
Colour: White
Vegan: Yes
Organic: Yes
Biodynamic: No
Natural: No
Low Intervention: Yes
