Marc Augustin LUNE Rousse Chardonnay Biodynamic Coteaux Champenois

Lune Rousse Coteaux Champenois is in fact a white wine from Champagne with 180 days skin maceration. Champagne Augustin uses an exclusive selection from a certified biodynamic estate on the slopes of the Avenay Val Dor (Marne Valley).

This is a natural, clean wine with no filtration or fining and fully expresses its terroir of limestone marl (sedimentary rock or soil consisting of clay and lime). The committed couple, Marc and Emmanuelle, retain a one thousand-year-old tradition, where champagne was still wine before it became effervescent.

You will be enamoured by its amber orange colour, and an exceptional wine par excellence. There are spicy aromas present, almost black pepper. Savoury minerality and a substantial length on the palate.

100% Chardonnay; Chardonnay from an expedition harvest; Skin maceration; Glass stopper sealed with beeswax; No added sulphur, No added sugar

Domaine Augustin is a family business, run today by Marc and Emmanuelle Augustin. Together they farm nine hectares of Premier Cru vineyards in the communes of Avenay Val D’or on the Montagne de Reims and Vertus in the Côte des Blancs.

Marc found himself with a land that was 'alive' resulting from the organic management of his father Jean, who courageously rejected man-made chemicals from the beginning.

They conveted to biodynamic viticulture in 2011 and are certified Demeter. In the winery they use a combination of wood, amphorae and concrete containers for the first fermentations and aging of the vins clairs. The first ferments are often wild and take place spontaneously and for the second fermentation in bottles we use the fine lees stored in a carboy - which is a large globular glass bottle with a narrow neck, dynamized before inoculation with raw sugar from biodynamic agriculture.