• Variety: Pinot Meunier
• Surface Area: 0.27 ha (0.66 ac)
• Vine Age: Planted in 1974 (massale selection plantations from Geoffrey’s grand-father, Pierre)
• Terroir: From a single plot in Vandières in the Marne Valley, situated high on the slope, south-facing, clay, white marl and sandstone.
• Viticulture: Sustainable, this parcel is worked to limit yields and maximize concentration, producing small loose bunches.
• Vinification: Harvested ripe (around 12 degrees), ambient yeast fermentation and aging for 9 months on the lees in used barrels, usually undergoes a partial malolactic conversion in the spring, bottled around 18-20 g/L residual sugar for ultra-fine bubbles, aged for 36 months on lattes, disgorged and aged for an additional 3 months in bottle before release, brut nature.