Since hitting the New York scene a few years ago, Tellier has quickly become one of our most requested growers. It’s no surprise. The wines are absolutely delicious with the perfect balance of intricate mineral... Read More
Since hitting the New York scene a few years ago, Tellier has quickly become one of our most requested growers. It’s no surprise. The wines are absolutely delicious with the perfect balance of intricate mineral detail and pure drinkablity. A fresh drop has just hit these shores and I could not be more excited to share them with you. I just wish there was more to go around!
The Tellier family has roots in the villages of Moussy and Pierry on the Coteaux sud d’Epernay since 1936, but it wasn’t until 2016 that brothers Alexandre and Quentin started to bottle wine under their own name. Up until that point they had sold fruit to some of the finest growers in the region including Aurélien Laherte of Champagne Laherte Frères. When Alexandre and Quentin decided that they wanted to start their own project, Aurèlien encouraged and assisted in those early days. He even helped connect them with their New York importer, Polaner Selections.
From the start, Quentin and Alexandre are deeply committed to working their small collection of parcels with organic and regenerative methods. Everything is picked by hand, only the free-run and first-press juice is used and the wines are vinified and aged in older oak barrels and aged a minimum of four years sur-lattes. Dosage levels are kept to a bare minimum to allow the beautifully ripe fruit to shine through unencumbered by excess sugar.
In the glass, the wines are unbelievably complex, elegant and vibrant with plenty of fresh, ripe fruit, cooling acidity, and chalk laden mineral lift. It's a style that is impossible to resist and keeps you coming back for sip after sip.
