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 La Belle Année Brut 2018 - Champagne Denis Salomon

Champagne La Belle Année Brut 2018 - Champagne Denis Salomon

  • 12 % vol
  • AOP Champagne
  • 0.75 L

52,00 €

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

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

  • 12 % vol
  • AOP Champagne
  • 0.75 L

36,00 €

Laurent-Perrier La Cuvée brut - Champagne Laurent-Perrier

Laurent-Perrier La Cuvée brut - Champagne Laurent-Perrier

  • 12 % vol
  • AOC Champagne
  • 0.75 L

45,00 €

Champagne brut - Champagne Delamotte

Champagne brut - Champagne Delamotte

  • 12 % vol
  • AOC Champagne
  • 0.75 L

39,00 €

Champagne VB03 Brut - Champagne Elemart Robion

Champagne VB03 Brut - Champagne Elemart Robion

  • AOP Champagne
  • 0.75 L

44,00 €

Champagne Carte d'Or blanc brut Magnum - Champagne Drappier

Champagne Carte d'Or white brut Magnum - Champagne Drappier

  • 12 % vol
  • AOC Champagne
  • 1.5 L

79,00 €

William Deutz blanc brut 2009 Jeroboam - Champagne Deutz

William Deutz white brut 2009 Jeroboam - Champagne Deutz

  • 12 % vol
  • AOC Champagne
  • 3.0 L

990,00 €

William Deutz blanc brut 2014 - Champagne Deutz

William Deutz white brut 2014 - Champagne Deutz

  • 12 % vol
  • Champagne AOC
  • 0.75 L

159,00 €

Champagne brut - Champagne EPC

Champagne brut - Champagne EPC

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

39,90 €

Champagne "Instant Nature" Zéro Dosage blanc - Champagne Maurice Grumier

Champagne "Instant Nature" Zero Dosage white - Champagne Maurice Grumier

  • 12 % vol
  • Champagne PDO
  • 0.75 L

44,00 €

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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.