Collection: Charpentier

The Charpentier family has been farming in Champagne for eight generations and for a long time they have been selling their grapes to a cooperative, but in 2006 they began fermenting and selling grapes from their own vineyards. The father of Jean-Marc Charpentier, who currently manages the domaine, was an agricultural engineer and head of a winemaking and viticulture school, where he trained many wine growers. Jean-Marc himself studied at his father's school, and after graduating in 1988 he learned the know-how of grape cultivation from his grandparents, who work as wine growers. The first thing he did after going independent was to vinify grapes on individual plots, which allowed him to accurately express the individual characteristics of each different terroir.

In order to promote champagne production based on his own philosophy, he then converted 24 hectares of his vineyards to organic farming, and began practicing biodynamic farming in 2009. The Domaine is located in the village of Charly-sur-Marne in the Vallée de la Marne region, and owns 72 plots around it. While other producers in the region plant more than 90% Pinot Meunier, Charpentier plants 45% Chardonnay, with the rest made up of Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir. These unique characteristics also have a significant influence on the taste, resulting in distinctive champagnes, such as cuvées made from small plots of land and special cuvées from individual plots that are aged on the lees for up to seven years.