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I am very excited today to kick off November with a slew of incredible new arrivals from Champagne. We are proudly introducing Crété Chamberlin and Domaine Vincey to our shelves along with recent arrivals and restocks from Marie Courtin and Vincent Bernard. These four producers all capture different styles from across Champagne representing the Cote des Bar, Cote de Blancs, and Montagne de Reims.

Mathieu and Blandine Crété represent the 18th generation of winegrowers and 8th generation of independent winemakers in their family that has been in Champagne for over 300 years! They fully believe that it all starts with the vine and so they work their 8 hectares of vines spread across 11 villages by hand and organically. I am excited to share three different Champagnes from them today that I believe really show off their stylistic approach and attention to detail. 1683 Brut and 1683 Rose Brut are friendly, aromatic, and just joyful bottles while their Eclipsis Blanc de Meunier shows a more bold, mineral and rich style.

Quentin and Marine Vincey (photo above) are the husband and wife duo behind Domaine Vincey. Quentin returned to his family estate in 2014 and Marine joined him in 2018 and together they are making some of the tastiest Champagnes I have tried recently. They farm 8 hectares mainly in Oger, with some vineyards in Les Mesnil, and Vertus. The domaine is certified organic and received Demeter certification in 2023. In the cellar the wines are fermented naturally and raised in 250L and 500L French oak barrels.Across the board there is a fairly hands off approach with some wines going through malolactic and some casks developing flor, and although Quentin and Marine taste the wines frequently just to monitor their development they do not intervene. The resulting wines are one of great power, texture, and finesse. We have four of their amazing Blanc de Blancs today alongside a Coteaux Champenois that is aged under flor. These wines are really something special.

Dominique Moreau and her daughter Rose during a recent trip to New York

Dominique Moreau established Marie Courtin in 2005 setting out to create a series of single-vineyard, single-variety, and single-vintage champagnes from biodynamically farmed grapes. With a goal like that it is no wonder we are so happy to highlight her incredible wines today. Located in the village of Polisot in the Cote de Bar/Aube the soils are Kimmeridgian and limestone, drawing a closer relation to their neighbor, Chablis then to Champagne. Pinot Noir is prominent here and has the tendency of making incredibly powerful wines. The bulk of her small production are the cuvees 'Resonance' and 'Efflorescence', the former comes from the top of the slope and is aged 24 months sur lattes while the later is from the bottom of the slope and is aged 36 months sur lattes. Dominique says that the bottom of the slope, "has greater power and potential," providing a wine of body that can age beautifully. Today I am excited to share the largest selection of wines we have ever gotten from Dominique. There is large format, recently disgorged back vintages, and a new Coteaux Champenois alongside the tried and true favorites! In her two decades of making Champagne, Dominique has risen to incredible heights. As fantastic as her wines are, production is quite limited, so snag some while you can.

Marie-Noëlle Ledru created an incredible legacy in Champagne, known for making soulful, powerful wines. Even before retiring, her wines were unicorns, a truly special experience to find any bottles! For those who have been wondering what happened with the vineyards of Marie-Noëlle Ledru, look no further. Enter Vincent Bernard!Vincent is the Grandson of Andre Beaufort and for 9 generations his family has owned and cultivated vines. He learned through a friend of his daughter that Marie-Noëlle wanted to lease her vineyards and so Vincent went to visit her. They agreed on how to farm, believing that naturally farming beautiful grapes leads to making great Champagnes. Vincent had no where to make wine so Marie-Noëlle decided to allow him to lease 0.4749 hectares of vines in the La Jument vineyard and offered to guide and advise him on all aspects of winemaking at her estate. We were lucky enough to get a taste of Vincent's first vintage and they were truly the start (or continuation) of something very special. They had this incredible balance of power and elegance, with amazing depth. They are the type of Champagnes that make you stop and think. Due to the limited nature of these wines there is a two bottle purchasing limit of each cuvee.

-Hanna Krilov Cohen

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