Description
The wine
The Saignée de Mareuil is the vintage counterpart to the Saignée de Bisseuil — where the Bisseuil comes from a single plot in the middle village, this wine comes from two plots in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ itself, the village at the heart of the domaine. Faussard and Les Béguines — both planted in 1968, both 100% Pinot Noir, both on the chalky limestone soils that give Mareuil-sur-Aÿ its mineral, structured character.
The saignée method — bleeding juice from the red grapes early in maceration — gives the wine its colour and its texture. The skin contact produces a rosé with genuine grip and depth rather than the pale, delicate style that blended rosé Champagnes typically achieve. This is a wine made for the table.
What makes this cuvée exceptional is the time. Bottled in June 2020, disgorged in May 2026 — six years on lees in old oak barrels before release. Most non-vintage Champagnes age for fifteen to eighteen months. Six years produces a depth of flavour, a toasty complexity, and a textural richness that shorter ageing cannot achieve. The zero dosage with natural residual sugar — a characteristic of the 2019 vintage and the specific fermentation rather than an addition — gives the wine a roundness and generosity that pure zero dosage sometimes lacks.
2019 was one of the warmest growing seasons in recent Champagne memory — producing Pinot Noir of exceptional concentration and natural richness. From 58-year-old vines on chalk, in a warm year, aged six years on lees in old oak — this is among the most serious wines in the November shipment.
One of two cuvées arriving in November 2026 that have never before been offered in the US.
Vineyard & vintage details
Producer: Champagne Antoine Bouvet
Cuvée: Saignée de Mareuil Millésime Brut
Grape: 100% Pinot Noir
Village: Mareuil-sur-Aÿ
Plots: Faussard (1968) · Les Béguines (1968)
Vintage: 2019
Method: Saignée — juice bled during maceration
Dosage: 0g/l · natural residual sugar present
Bottling: 27/06/2020
Disgorgement: 20/05/2026
Lees ageing: Approximately 6 years
Farming: Organic · biodynamic
Vinification: Old oak · indigenous yeasts · no additions · no fining · no filtration
Format: 750ml · 13% vol
About Champagne Antoine Bouvet
Antoine Bouvet farms 5.5 hectares across three villages in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Bisseuil, and Avenay-Val-d’Or. Organic and biodynamic farming, indigenous yeasts, extended barrel ageing, zero or low dosage. Sells out with every release.
The Antoine Bouvet pre-arrival allocation opens soon.
Two cuvées offered for the first time and a full lineup of Antoine’s wine, available to our pre-arrival list members only.
