Yann Alexandre

Champagne | Montagne de Reims | Courmas

Yann Alexandre and his wife, Séverine, share a passion for horticulture that directly informs their viticulture. “We grow the vineyard like a garden,” Yann explains. This is a high bar for two farmers working 6.3 hectares spread over 28 plots in nine villages. But is also essential to their philosophy: “I always try to put forward the characteristics of each plot of land and to reach perfect grape maturity and health.” Yann declares his aim is “as natural a Champagne as possible,” made from vital grapes, with minimal added sulfites, up to seven years lees aging, hand riddling and disgorgement, and “no detail left to chance.”

Yann Alexandre Roche Mère Brut Nature (2017 Base)

Roche Mère begins as the same cuvée as Alexandre's classic Brut Noir. The added benefit of this cuvée is an additional year en tirage and completely zero added dosage. The blend is composed of the same 45% pinot meunier, 40% chardonnay and 15% pinot noir collected from 20 different organically farmed plots spread across the communes of Courmas, Bouilly, Merfy, Chenay and Saint-Lumier-en-Champagne.
The wine is fermented and aged in stainless for 6-8 months before it is blended with 40% reserve wine and aged en tirage for 5-6 years. At the time of disgorgement, instead of a traditional liquor dosage, the bottles are topped with a small amount of dry chardonnay fermented in oak barrels.

  • N.V.
  • Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir
  • France
  • Champagne
  • Montagne de Reims
  • Certified Sustainable by OCACIA
  • Calcareous-clay, with stones, flint, and sand
  • 8 months stainless
  • Stainless steel
  • 60% 2017, 40% reserve wine
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  • 750 ml

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