Pinot Meunier Champagnes: fruity and balanced

Pinot Meunier, the key grape variety of Champagne, brings fruitiness and suppleness. Discover our selection of fine and balanced cuvées, perfect for any occasion.
Champagne Carte d'Or blanc brut - Champagne Drappier

Champagne Carte d'Or white brut - Champagne Drappier

  • 12 % vol
  • AOC Champagne
  • 0.75 L

35,00 €

Champagne "O ma vallée" Extra Brut blanc - Champagne Maurice Grumier

Champagne "O ma vallée" Extra Brut white - Champagne Maurice Grumier

  • 12,5 % vol
  • AOP Champagne
  • 0.75 L

34,00 €

Champagne "O ma vallée" Extra Brut blanc - Champagne Maurice Grumier

Champagne "O ma vallée" Extra Brut white - Champagne Maurice Grumier

  • 12 % vol
  • AOP Champagne
  • 0.75 L

34,00 €

Champagne Classic blanc brut - Champagne Deutz

Champagne Classic brut white - Champagne Deutz

  • 12 % vol
  • AOP Champagne
  • 0.75 L

47,00 €

Champagne "Réserve perpetuelle" Extra Brut blanc - Champagne Maurice Grumier

Champagne "Réserve Perpétuelle" Extra Brut White - Champagne Maurice Grumier

  • 12,5 % vol
  • AOP Champagne
  • 0.75 L

34,00 €

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Champagne "Histoire de Famille" Brut blanc - Champagne Denis Salomon

Champagne "Histoire de Famille" Brut Blanc - Champagne Denis Salomon

  • 12 % vol
  • AOP Champagne
  • 0.75 L

36,90 €

Champagne "O ma vallée" Extra Brut blanc Magnum - Champagne Maurice Grumier

Champagne "O ma vallée" Extra Brut white Magnum - Champagne Maurice Grumier

  • 12,5 % vol
  • AOP Champagne
  • 1.5 L

65,00 €

Champagne Classic blanc brut Magnum - Champagne Deutz

Champagne Classic brut white Magnum - Champagne Deutz

  • 12 % vol
  • AOP Champagne
  • 1.5 L

93,00 €

Champagne Spécial Cuvée blanc brut - Champagne Bollinger

Special Cuvée Brut White Champagne - Bollinger Champagne

  • 12 % vol
  • AOC Champagne
  • 0.75 L

58,00 €

Champagne Clarevallis blanc Extra brut Bio - Champagne Drappier

Champagne Clarevallis white Extra brut Organic - Champagne Drappier

  • 12 % vol
  • AOC Champagne
  • 0.75 L

49,00 €

Champagne Collection 243 brut - Champagne Louis Roederer

Champagne Collection 243 brut - Champagne Louis Roederer

  • 12,5 % vol
  • AOC Champagne
  • 0.75 L

54,90 €

Champagne Brut Nature 2015 - Champagne Louis Roederer

Champagne Brut Nature 2015 - Champagne Louis Roederer

  • 12,5 % vol
  • AOC Champagne
  • 0.75 L

79,00 €

Champagne "Saignée de Meunier" Brut rosé - Champagne Denis Salomon

Champagne "Saignée de Meunier" Brut Rosé - Champagne Denis Salomon

  • 12 % vol
  • Champagne PDO
  • 0.75 L

46,00 €

Champagne Blanc de Noirs Terre Amoureuse Brut 2021 - Champagne Denis Salomon

Champagne Blanc de Noirs Terre Amoureuse Brut 2021 - Champagne Denis Salomon

  • AOP Champagne
  • 0.75 L

45,00 €

Champagne Solera Sur Bois Extra Brut blanc - Champagne Maurice Grumier

Champagne Solera Sur Bois Extra Brut white - Champagne Maurice Grumier

  • 12,5 % vol
  • AOP Champagne
  • 0.75 L

85,00 €

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Pinot Meunier: Champagne's secret grape

It accounts for around a third of the vines planted in Champagne and is the majority grape in the Marne Valley, and yet Pinot Meunier remains Champagne's great unsung variety. Long overshadowed by Chardonnay (the prestige of Blancs de Blancs) and Pinot Noir (the backbone of the great houses), it brings to the Champagne blend what the other two cannot offer on their own: immediate fruit, roundness and a youthful approachability that makes Champagnes enjoyable as soon as they are disgorged. Our selection does it justice.

Grower-producers: the purest expression

It is among the small producers of the Marne Valley that Pinot Meunier expresses itself most freely. Champagne Maurice Grumier is the perfect example: its cuvées ("O ma Vallée" Extra Brut, "Réserve Perpétuelle", "Instant Nature" Zéro Dosage) are built around Meunier, with a precision and fruit that make them benchmarks of the appellation. Denis Salomon goes even further with a "Saignée de Meunier" cuvée and a "Rosé de Meunier" dedicated entirely to the grape: rare single-varietal wines that reveal a great deal about the character of Pinot Meunier vinified on its own.

The great houses: Meunier in the blend

In the great Champagne blends, Pinot Meunier plays a balancing role. Drappier, whose Aube vineyard is 90% planted with Pinot Noir, produces approachable, consistent cuvées. Bollinger and Deutz represent the more vinous, structured style of the great houses, where Meunier tempers the power of Pinot Noir. Louis Roederer offers its Collection 243 and a Nature 2015 cuvée of remarkable precision and complexity.

Serving and pairings

Serve all these Champagnes at between 8 and 10 °C in medium-sized white wine glasses, as flutes restrict the aromatic expression too much. Meunier-led cuvées are perfect as an aperitif and with savoury canapés, roast poultry, white meats in sauce or bloomy-rind cheeses. The Extra Brut and Zéro Dosage cuvées hold up well with more briny, seafood-led dishes.