The Bourgeois-Diaz family has been producing champagne for 4 generations and since 2000, Jérôme Bourgeois-Diaz has been running the 6.5-hectare (ha) family farm in Croutte-sur-Marne. The grape variety is dominated by Pinot Meunier (3.5ha), supplemented by Pinot Noir (2ha) and Chardonnay (1ha). The vines are on average 35 years old and the soil is clay-limestone. In the vineyards, the work is clean and rigorous, organic since 2001 and biodynamic since 2009 (Demeter certification in 2015), a sincere and convinced approach. Similarly, in the cellar, chemical yeast and synthetic sulphur are clearly prohibited and pressing is long and gentle. This dynamic domain ranks among the rising stars of Champagne. Already very popular with connoisseurs of organic and biodynamic wines, we guarantee that it will soon have far wider success as its production is interesting, qualitative and full of character. To be discovered at all costs! This Blanc des Blancs cuvée comes from a single parcel ("The Temple"), well exposed and resting on a soil of limestone marl. This is a Brut nature (0 dosage). It offers all the delicacy and finesse of Chardonnay, in an ample style, offering superb tension and a fine bitter taste.

The vines come from a single locality planted on clay-loam soils over chalk and flint, a rare geological profile in the region that gives the wine its fine structure, vibrant tension and distinctive mineral character. This wine is made from Chardonnay harvested by hand, with a rigorous selection in the vineyard to retain only the healthiest fruit. Fermentation takes place without the addition of yeasts or oenological inputs, using a gentle approach in seasoned barrels, followed by around ten months’ ageing on fine lees without stirring.
In the glass, the wine shows a pale golden hue with delicate golden glints. The pure, taut and vibrant nose reveals notes of lemon, green apple, acacia blossom, wet chalk and freshly baked bread. Incisive and direct on the first sip, the palate is lifted by remarkable vitality and crystalline freshness. Flavours of ripe citrus, pear, preserved citrus zest and flint unfold with mineral tension that prolongs the finish.