Description
The wine
Les Monts de la Vallée Blanc de Noirs is Antoine Bouvet’s flagship cuvée — the wine that brings all three of his villages together in a single blend. 100% Pinot Noir from Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Bisseuil, and Avenay Val d’Or. The 2022 harvest. Zero dosage. Every wine Antoine makes is fermented and aged in old oak barrels — no stainless steel, no additions, every bottle hand-labelled.
A magnum is not simply a larger bottle. The ratio of wine to oxygen exposure through the cork is lower than in a 750ml — which means the wine develops more slowly and arrives at its peak in better condition. For a grower Champagne of this quality and precision, the magnum is the optimal format. The 2022 vintage disgorged May 2025 has had additional time in bottle since disgorgement — fresher and more primary than an older disgorgement, with the depth that 2022 Pinot Noir from these three villages produces.
The grandfather and boy on the label — the insignia on every Bouvet bottle — appears here in the same form as the 750ml. The same wine, the same story, the format that honours it best.
Vineyard & vintage details
Producer: Champagne Antoine Bouvet
Cuvée: Les Monts de la Vallée Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut
Grape: 100% Pinot Noir
Villages: Mareuil-sur-Aÿ · Bisseuil · Avenay Val d’Or
Harvest: 2022
Dosage: 0g/L · Extra Brut
Bottling: 06/06/2023
Disgorgement: 28/05/2025
Farming: Organic · biodynamic
Vinification: Old oak · indigenous yeasts · no additions · no fining · no filtration
Format: 1500ml magnum · 13.5% 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.
