Champagne Simon Rion - Les 2 Parcelles 2022

A stone's throw from Reims, in the village of Courmas, Simon Rion has been making champagne his own way since 2007. Fourth generation, 2.15 hectares, and an approach that revolves entirely around the soil: worked mechanically, without chemical fertiliser, with respect for the old vines his father and grandfather planted.

Les 2 Parcelles is an experiment that worked. Two adjacent small plots (Les Triquedoux from 1978 and Les Roses from 1992) are not fermented separately, but pressed together on the same day, in the same barrel. Co-vinification is what they call it in the Champagne, and it gives a wine in which the two grapes (Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir) reinforce one another without ever having truly been separated. Aged one hundred percent in oak barrels, 11 months on the lees, 30 months in bottle, dosage 1 gram per litre. Only 720 bottles and 40 magnums.