LES HAUTS PARTAS
2018 Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature Grand Cru Chouilly Champagne Roger Coulon
| Grapes | Chardonnay |
| Colour | White |
| Origin | France, Champagne |
| Village | Chouilly |
| Classification | Grand Cru |
| ABV | 12% |
Disgorged in July 2024 without dosage, Coulon’s 2018 Blanc de Blancs Chouilly Les Hauts Partas derives from a chalky 0.22-hectare east-facing parcel in Chouilly, which the family bought in 2012. Planted in the mid-1970s with massal selection, it’s vinified in used 228-liter barrels. Flamboyant, it jumps from the glass with aromas of nashi pear, peach, tangerine and warm bread. It’s full-bodied and flavorful, informed by the hot, dry summer and comparatively late picking, muscular and ample, with ripe but racy acidity and low-pressure mousse, concluding with a generous finish. Drinking range: 2025 - 2033 Rating: 92 Kristaps Karlklins, The Wine Advocate (May 2025)
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Champagne Roger Coulon
Eric and Isabelle Coulon, now joined by their children Edgar and Louise, have around 11 hectares of vines in Premier and Grand Cru sites in Vrigny, Gueux and Coulommes-la-Montagne on the Montagne de Reims, and Chouilly on the Côte des Blancs. The vineyards are farmed organically under the principles of agroforestry. They are justly proud of the history of the vineyard, which goes back to the cultivation of vines here in the 6th century, and also of their own long family history, with Edgar and Louise being the ninth generation.
The vines are in around 100 parcels, so although they aim to press by parcel, some do end up going together. Around one third is vinified in tank, the rest in barrel. Both Edgar and Louise have trained in wine-making elsewhere, Louise at Domaine Ott, and Edgar with Philippe Pacalet and Fredéric Cossard in Burgundy, but also in England and Australia.
The family aim to pick at decent maturity, to give the wines a natural balance and feel, and the maximum dosage used is 3g/l. The second fermentation is at around 4.5-4.8 bar, a little lower than the classical 5 bar, giving what Eric describes as 'measured effervescence'. 'I make wine of Champagne not Champagne', he adds, 'Everything at Roger Coulon needs to be harmonious, that's what counts the most for me'.
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