Antoine Bouvet’s grandfather, working some of the finest terroir in Champagne (mostly in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, home to Clos des Goisses) produced high quality grapes, but then sold them all to Bollinger.
Antoine Bouvet’s grandfather, working some of the finest terroir in Champagne (mostly in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, home to Clos des Goisses) produced high quality grapes, but then sold them all to Bollinger.
Antoine took over the vines around ten years ago -- and those vines are now very old -- and he changed everything. He introduced organics and biodynamics. He kept the grapes for his own family domaine and started making wine — with traditional wood cask aging, just like at Bollinger, but with all the meticulous attention to detail that is impossible at a larger operation (Antoine’s is only five hectares and he does almost everything himself!)
