Stephane Coquillette 'Inflorescence' Brut NV

Grape Variety:
66% Pinot Noir, 33% Chardonnay

Soil:
Clay and limestone

Farming:
Sustainable, Organic

Alcohol by Volume:
12.0

Vineyards & Viticulture:
The vines are entirely worked by hand with careful training and thinning in order to aerate and allow for good ventilation of the grape bunches. Stephane does not employ hebicides and places an importance on a culture of high environmental value.

Harvest & Vinification:
Vinification begins with selected yeasts, stirring on fine lees, malolactic fermentation done with cold stabilization to avoid any tartaric precipitation, and an aging of 3 and 1/2 years.

About Stéphane Coquillette

Stéphane Coquillette is a fourth-generation winemaker in Champagne. His father, Christian, has been running the Saint Chamant Champagne house since 1950, and he lovingly sent his son out to start his own estate when Stéphane was 25. Though mentored by his father, Stéphane developed a very different style of expression at his own house, creating leaner, drier Champagnes, primarily from Chouilly (Grand Cru), Cuis (1er Cru 99%) for Chardonnay, and d'Aÿ (Grand Cru) and Mareuil/Aÿ (1er Cru 99%) for Pinot Noir. Meticulously committed to organic practices, Stéphane avoids herbicides at all costs. Everything is done by hand, including trellising and pruning, which helps avoid disease and allows for a healthy crop. With more than 10 different parcels, he produces several single-vintage and single-vineyard Champagnes - a rarity in this region - and all his wines are small-production. Stéphane Coquillette Champagnes are characteristically precise, fresh and lively.