2018 Marie-Courtin Champagne Efflorescence

Roland Piollot’s family has made Champagne in Polisot in the Côte des Bar for many generations. The estate is about 8.5 hectares, predominantly planted with Pinot Noir but also with Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Meunier and even Arbanne (only 1%). When we first met him in 2011 he was in the process of the massive job of converting the estate to organic viticulture and to working biodynamically. His wife Dominique Moreau, has her own small estate, called Marie Courtin (named for her grandmother) of 2.5 hectares. They had both learned to work biodynamically using Dominique’s tiny, almost 100% Pinot Noir, estate. She was already certified biodynamic in 2011.