APRIL 2024

Domaine des Tuileries “Les Crayeres” 2019 Though he grew up in a winemaking family, Bryan Marx is not a classically trained winemaker. This has allowed him to make wines the way he wants and the results are sublime. A visit to see Bryan in Venteuil usually ends 10 meters underground in a hand dug chalk cellar that he used to play in as a child. Now this cellar holds the barrels for his highly sought after project Domaine des Tuileries. “Les Crayeres” is three individual plots from his village in the Marne Valley. Only the best barrels are chosen and blended to show the best of the vintage. Minuscule quantities are made and even less are available in the US.  It is the beginning of a new journey into the possibilities of a New Champagne that we are all discovering together with the help of pioneering winemakers like Bryan Marx. TECH SHEET

Famillie Delouvin “Sauvage” It doesn’t take much to convince Geoffrey Delouvin to jump in the truck and take you on a tour of his vineyards. For ten generations his family had been farming in the village of Vandieres in the Marne Valley. His plots are only in this one village, something that is less common than you would imagine. When standing along the road, looking down at the arc of the amphitheater of vines and the village below it really is easy to see the various terroirs at offer. The soils vary from limestone, chalk and clay giving Famillie Delouvin many different grape expressions to play with. In the “Sauvage” bottling Geoff uses 100% Vandieres Meunier from three different plots all with different soil types, at different elevations and expositions. This is a true snapshot of the terroir of the village all presented with no dosage to further show off the beauty of the fruit.  TECH SHEET