Champagne Nicolas Maillart 'Mont Martin' 2020 Extra Brut Blanc de Noir 1er Cru Villers-Allerand, Montagne de Reims MAGNUM

1500ml bottle

12.5% abv

The color is light golden yellow with luminous highlights. Aromas of ripe pear, yellow apple, and plum with complex notes of dried fruit, sweet spices, and a slightly toasted touch from wood-aging. Palate is full, vinous, and expressive. The fruitiness of Meunier dominates, supported by a mineral freshness. The finish is long and salty.

Vinification in oak barrels. Aged on lees for 10 months in 228L barrels, developing volume, depth, and complexity.
Extra Brut dosage (1 g/L)
Disgorged Sept. 2024

The Mont Martin 1er Cru 2020 cuvée from Nicolas Maillart Champagne is a single vineyard cuvée made exclusively from Pinot Meunier. It comes from the Les Monts Martin vineyard, located in Villers-Allerand, in the heart of the Montagne de Reims, classified as Premier Cru. Aged in wood and undosed (Brut Nature 0 g/L), this cuvée intensely expresses the richness of its grape variety and the uniqueness of its clay-limestone terroir.

The year 2020 in Champagne was marked by a sunny, dry summer, resulting in grapes of exceptional ripeness. The Pinot Meunier from Villers-Allerand offered generous, concentrated fruit with remarkable natural balance. The vintage produces expressive wines with a saline tension and promising aging potential.

In the small Champagne village of Écueil, on the Montagne de Reims, are found the cellars of Nicolas Maillart. He owns and farms vineyards in Écueil, Villers-Allerand, and Bouzy, all just south of Reims. These are among the world’s greatest terroirs for growing Champagne grapes, and they have been brilliantly matched chez Maillart to Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir, and Petit Meslier in order to extract the best qualities of each grape for both his blended multi-vintage Champagnes and his single-vineyard-vintage bottlings. All of his Champagnes are fermented and aged in wood, minimally sulfured, and bottled unfiltered with very little dosage.

Nicolas has made wine at his family estate since 2003 and has had two decades to hone and perfect his house style. He controls, farms, and manages all of his vineyards himself, working all of his soils. His Champagnes are pure, elegant, terroir-transparent, stylish, and delicious!