Bright cherries and berries, buttered brioche, baking spices, and vanilla cavort in the nose of Roger Coulon’s fine Brut Réserve de l'Hommée; the wine’s precise palate echoes these notes, adding citrus and orchard fruits, along with a penetrating minerality. Perfect, fine perlage transmits texture and a bright skein of acidity propels this elegant Champagne as it builds to a balanced, complex, and mineral-laden finish. This wine, a blend of Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir, and Chardonnay that derives from the estate’s old-vine vineyards in Vrigny and Pargny, gets its name from the traditional term for the vineyard work a person could do in a single day. Tradition dictates the creation of this wine; it ferments with only natural yeasts and ages for at least five years before disgorgement.
- Country: France
- Region: Champagne
- Sub Region/Classification: Champagne
Founded in 1806, Roger Coulon is a small family-owned-and-operated producer of Grower Champagne located in Vrigny. With about 25 acres of vines spread across Vrigny, Coulommes and Pargny in the northwest corner of Reims, Roger Coulon has made its reputation on crafting pure, traditional Champagnes. Current owner-winemakers Eric and Isabelle Coulon, eighth-generation winemakers, prize their vines and treat them organically and harvest manually. Split almost evenly among Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, Roger Coulon’s vines average about 40 years of age, a rarity in Champagne, but their old-vine fruit shows in the wines’ complexity, depth and texture. Roger Coulon produces six cuvée Champagnes, as well as one still white wine, and each is a highly characterful, sophisticated expression of their maker’s history and their unique terroir.
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