Grand Cru Village
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
One of the Côte des Blancs villages classified Grand Cru, and the one most associated with Chardonnay that needs time.
Champagne
Côte des Blancs
Blanc de blancs from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, made with Champagne Paul Launois.
Two Families, One Vision.
Champagne came into the house through a friendship over Chardonnay. The wines are made with Champagne Paul Launois, the family house of Julien and Sarah Launois in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, a Grand Cru village in the Côte des Blancs.
All of it is blanc de blancs, from Launois family vines in the village chalk. Some is bottled from a single barrel, some from a single vintage, and the non-vintage is finished at three different dosages so the same wine can be tasted three ways.
Champagne for wine lovers.
Wines of classical Grand Cru terroir, low dosage, and local artisan oak.
The fruit is pressed and raised in barrel rather than tank, then left on its lees underground until it is ready to be disgorged. Nothing about the timetable is quick.
The Site
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
Soil
Chalk
The vines are rooted in it and the cellars are cut into it, which is why the wines hold their acidity and the bottles age slowly.
Signature
Blanc de Blancs
Chardonnay and nothing else, raised in barrel and given years on its lees before disgorging.
Made With
Champagne Paul Launois
Julien and Sarah Launois run the family house at Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. The fruit is theirs, the cellar is theirs, and the choices about barrel and dosage are made together.
The oak is built by Damy in Meursault and the corks come from Aquitaine Liège, the same as every other wine in the house.
Harvest in Champagne
The Champagne wines
Made in small quantities, and each release from one village.