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Champagne Marie Copinet Nos Pas dans...l'Argile Meunier Brut Naturetext
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Champagne Marie Copinet Nos Pas dans...l'Argile Meunier Brut Nature NV

Vallée de la Marne, 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. Nos pas Dans is a series of soil / grape studies put out by Marie Copinet. In this case, this is entirely organic pinot meunier on clay, from the lieu dit of Les Ragotteries, in Cuchery, on the right bank of the Marne Valley. From the 2021 vintage this native fermented in stainless steel egg with full MLF before heading to bottle and 2 years on lees. This was disgorged in November 2025 with 0 dosage. Chiseled and crisp, with green apple, Rainier cherry, perfumed pink blossoms, and a meringue core, all seasoned with chalk dust which lingers on the finish. Lovely structure and purity here, which is rare to come across with 100% meunier. And great to taste this with such a recent disgorge.Tasted: 18 July 2026Tasted by: Prices:
ON$103.00750mlconsignment
Producer: Champagne Marie CopinetDistributors: Le Sommelier Inc.
Grape: Pinot Meunier