The winery
Alexandre Chaillon
Champagne producer/vigneron based in Aÿ (Vallée de la Marne), known for converting to organic viticulture and for winemaking in small barrels and stoneware eggs.
- Champagne · Francia
- Since 2016
- 3 products
Alexandre Chaillon
Meet the producer
The story
An engineer by training, Alexandre Chaillon returned to Aÿ to take over the Vollereaux family vineyards and launch an estate project focused on the terroir. The return to family viticulture took place around 2017, and since then he has progressively converted the plots to organic viticulture, actively participating in Champagne’s networks of organic vignerons and young winegrowers.
Production philosophy
Work focused on respect for the terroir, sustainability and the elimination of herbicides: it practices conversion to organic viticulture and prioritizes parcel-by-parcel winemaking with minimal intervention to bring out the character of the soils.
Terroir and vineyards
Based in Aÿ, in the Vallée de la Marne; the vineyards are on the south-facing slopes of the Coteaux Sud d'Épernay, with parcels near Pierry and Brugny‑Vandancourt. The soils are described as a mosaic of limestone, marl and clay.
Characteristics
- Grape varieties
- Chardonnay
- Pinot Noir
- Pinot Meunier
- Hectares
- 11.0
What makes it distinctive
- Based in Aÿ, Marne Valley
- Conversion to organic farming began in 2017; the first certified-organic grapes were harvested in 2020.
- Vineyard composition: Chardonnay approx. 59%, Pinot Noir approx. 23%, Pinot Meunier approx. 18%.
- Winemaking in 228 L and 300 L tonneaux and in stoneware eggs; parcel-by-parcel vinification.
- He was elected to lead the Groupe des Jeunes Viticulteurs de Champagne.
- Range of cuvées included in official or regional lists.