Description
The Wine
Petit Meunier on Grand Cru chalk is a rare combination. Meunier — the third grape variety of Champagne, typically planted on the heavier clay soils of the western Vallée de la Marne where it ripens most easily — produces something quite different when grown on the chalk-dominant soils of Grand Cru Verzy. The chalk gives the wine a mineral precision and tension that Meunier on clay cannot achieve. The elevation and the north-facing exposure of the Montagne de Reims adds freshness.
Les Vignes Goisses is the oldest parcel Adrien farms — massale selection vines on some of the finest chalk in the village, rested for a minimum of 36 months on lees before disgorgement. Zero dosage. The wine is described as fruity and intense — not the typical Meunier profile of soft, rounded, approachable but something more demanding and more rewarding with time.
Vineyard & vintage details
Producer: Champagne Adrien Renoir
Cuvée: Les Vignes Goisses Grand Cru
Grape: 100% Petit Meunier
Village: Verzy · Grand Cru · Montagne de Reims
Lieu-dit: Les Vignes Goisses · massale selection
Lees ageing: Minimum 36 months
Farming: Organic — certified 2020
Vinification: Barrel fermented · zero dosage
Format: 750ml
Adrien Renoir farms four hectares in Grand Cru Verzy on the Montagne de Reims — three specific lieu-dits of massale selection vines planted between 1961 and 1971. He took over from his father Vincent in 2014 and converted the domaine to organic certification by 2020. Everything is fermented and aged in barrel — old oak barriques and large oak foudres for the reserve wines.
