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[ALLOCATION] Champagne Elise Bougy - Les Mesneux 1er Cru 'Le Mont Chainqueux' NV
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White
NV
Champagne
Les Mesneux 1er Cru
Pinot Noir & Pinot Meunier (co-planted)
Biodynamic
Tasting Notes
Grapes
Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, co-planted on vines dating to 1965
Tasting note
Brut Nature, zero dosage. The nose opens with quince, kumquat and red apple skin alongside sour berries, orange zest, rooibos tea, marzipan, vanilla bean, custard and warm baking spices, unfolding with air into florals, toast and biscuit. The palate carries green pear, red apple, gooseberry, lemon zest and apricot around a silvery, lees-driven minerality, with fine, persistent bubbles and bright acidity cutting through a creamy, medium-to-full body. It finishes with a gentle phenolic grip and lingering tangy persistence.
More About The Winery
Élise Bougy returned to her family's estate in Les Mesneux, a Premier Cru village in the Montagne de Reims, in 2016 after studying oenology in Dijon, driven by a mission to restore harmony and biodiversity to the vineyards of her native Champagne. Her three hectares are split between Les Mesneux and the Grand Cru village of Le Mesnil-sur-Oger in the Côte des Blancs, planted to Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay on chalk soils layered with clay and limestone. She converted the estate to certified organic farming (Ecocert) and has practiced biodynamic viticulture since 2021, working in the cellar with indigenous yeast fermentations, full malolactic conversion, ageing across oak barrels, stainless steel and wooden vats, and no fining or filtration, with sulfur kept to a minimum or omitted entirely. Producing around 10,000 bottles a year across six cuvées, each carrying one of her hand-painted labels, Bougy has also revived Les Coullemets, a parcel of pure chalk once farmed by her grandmother. Her wines have earned her a reputation among a new generation of growers pushing Champagne toward greater precision and terroir transparency.