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Lacourte Godbillon Champagne 1er Cru Extra Brut 2019

$11299
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This is a vintage Champagne from a year Géraldine Lacourte and Richard Desvignes call the last "big" vintage in Champagne, and it's made to age for a long time rather than to be opened at the next toast. The 2019 blends 60% Pinot Noir with 40% Chardonnay, all from that one harvest, grown on the couple's vines in Écueil (a Premier Cru village on the west side of the Petite Montagne de Reims) and Les Mesneux. The grapes are pressed as whole clusters and fermented with a pied de cuve, a starter of ambient yeast. The wine then spends nine months on its full lees, 70% in used barriques and 30% in steel, and is bottled unfined and unfiltered. With a pH of 2.98 and a moderate 5 g/L dosage, it has the acidity to last. The people behind it are part of the appeal. Géraldine and Richard left jobs with international companies, in printing and in glass, to take over her family's domaine in 2008. In 2012 they left the village co-op, and since then they've bottled only their own grapes. This release was disgorged in May 2025. Open one now with a serious dinner and put another away.

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When a star like Eric Rodez recommends you check out a new Champagne producer, you'd be foolish not to make a visit. Adam Friedberg, Rodez’ long time New York importer, is no fool. So he went straight to Ecueil, on the Montagne de Reims, where he found a young couple making absolutely killer Champagnes.

Geraldine Lacourte and her husband, Francois, took over Geraldine’s family vines and started bottling instead of selling to the co-op. Their plots – 85% planted to Pinot Noir – are on a patchwork of different soils, including sand over very deep chalk (at the top of the mountain), and heavier clay (at the bottom). Such variety of soils can make for a complete and complex Champagne.

But it takes a lot of work and experience to vinify each parcel separately and then blend them together just right. Fortunately, they’ve been tutored and supported by Eric Rodez, who practiced these arts at no less a Champagne house than Krug. Eric also convinced them to go organic (their farming has been certified for a couple of years).

Lacourte Godbillon, with their organic, everything-by-hand farming, terroir-focused winemaking, and pure, pure wines, is the kind of grower that could blow up one day. In fact, the wines were on track to do just that, with placements in top restaurants and prices moving upwards.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Pinot Noir

  • Vintage

    2019

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Biodynamic

  • Style

    Elegant

  • Sweetness

    Champagne Extra Brut , Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Lobster with beurre blanc, roast chicken with morels and cream, turbot with brown butter, gougères, or a wedge of aged Comté.

Tasting Profile

Expect a Pinot Noir-led Extra Brut in a generous, fruit-forward house style: red apple, citrus and red berry, with a touch of brioche and the gentle roundness that time on lees in used barrels typically brings. Fine bubbles, bright, cutting acidity and a dry, chalky finish make it a Champagne built for the table and for long ageing.

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