Côte de Sézanne, Champagne, FranceMarie-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 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. This chardonnay comes from top plots in Villenauxe la Grande, in the Sézannais' chalky soils. It was native fermented with full MLF, and vinified in 300L barrels for 11 months before heading to bottle under cork (agrafe) for 4 years prior to disgorge. This bottle was the 2018 vintage, and disgorged in April 2023 with 3 g/L. Now with some bottle age, this is showing very white Bourgogne, with very fine bubbles. White mushroom, green apple, and wet chalk rule this stylish wine, with toasted hazelnuts and lemon pith lingering on the humming finish. A love song to Sézannais.Tasted: 09 October 2025Tasted by: Prices:
France
$76.00
750ml
France (euros)
Producer: Champagne Marie CopinetDistributors: Le Sommelier Inc. Grape: Chardonnay
Côte de Sézanne, Champagne, FranceMarie-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 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. This chardonnay comes from top plots in Villenauxe la Grande, in the Sézannais' chalky soils. It was native fermented with full MLF, and vinified in 300L barrels for 11 months before heading to bottle under cork (agrafe) for 4 years prior to disgorge. This bottle was the 2018 vintage, so disgorged in spring 2023. The chardonnay power presence is fully felt here, slightly oxidiatively kissed, with meringue, rich cream, ripe green apple, on a creamy core, with deep chalk shaping the sides and lingering on the finish. Powerful.Tasted: 30 November 2024Tasted by: Prices:
France
$76.00
750ml
France (euros)
Producer: Champagne Marie CopinetDistributors: Le Sommelier Inc. Grape: Chardonnay
Côte de Sézanne, Champagne, FranceMarie-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 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. This chardonnay comes from top plots in Villenauxe la Grande, in the Sézannais' chalky soils. It was vinified in 300L barrels. This went into bottle (unfiltered) in 2018, under agrafe, and was disgorged in March 2022, with 3 g/L. The toasty brioche richness of the wood aging and cork aging is met with equally present and powerful deep chalk, and a ramrod lemon laced acidity, which backbones this wine. Tight green apple, smouldering crushed stones, lemon pith, is woven with alluring savoury umami notes, finishing in a lingering salinity. Quite a remarkable, intellectual, and distinct wine.Tasted: 24 April 2023Tasted by: Prices:
France
$76.00
750ml
France (euros)
Producer: Champagne Marie CopinetDistributors: Le Sommelier Inc. Grape: Chardonnay
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