The winery
Champagne Guenin
Small Champagne house located in Essoyes (Côte des Bar, Aube), led by Sébastien Guenin; vineyards farmed organically and cuvées focused on Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc.
- Champagne (Côte des Bar, Aube) · Francia
- 6 products
Champagne Guenin
Meet the producer
The story
The Guenin family has been established in Essoyes for generations: online sources record family roots spanning several generations, and the first modern vineyards were planted beginning in 1952. Following changes within the family and the installation of the first press in 1987, Sébastien Guenin returned to run the family business and began bottling his own cuvées from 2015.
Production philosophy
Production focused on respect for the terroir: vineyards converted to organic farming, controlled yields and winemaking aimed at natural expression. The reported practices include fermentations and, for some cuvées, maturation in wood, aiming for precise, mineral expressions of the terroir.
Terroir and vineyards
Essoyes, in the heart of the Côte des Bar. The soils mentioned in the product sheets and descriptions are mainly clay-limestone, with a strong presence of Pinot Noir in the vineyards situated on the local slopes.
Awards and recognition
The cuvée "Erubescence" was awarded one star in the Guide Hachette des Vins.
Characteristics
- Grape varieties
- Pinot Noir
- Chardonnay
- Pinot Blanc
- Hectares
- 5.17
What makes it distinctive
- Based in Essoyes, Côte des Bar
- Certified organic vineyards.
- Main grape varieties: predominantly Pinot Noir, with Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc.
- Winemaking oriented toward a natural style; some cuvées aged in wood.
- Erubescence: 1 star in the Guide Hachette des Vins 2020
