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Champagne Piollot

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Type

Sparkling Wine

Appellation

Champagne

Variety

70% Pinot Noir
30% Chardonnay

This “secret” non-vintage wine is produced in small quantities, mostly for clients that have been buying the family’s Champagne since Roland’s father was still tending the vineyards.

Viticulture

Soil type

Clay-limestone Kimmeridgian soils

Vine age25 to 45 years old

Vinification

Fermentation in stainless steel tanks; full malolactic conversion. The wine undergoes racking. Light SO2 usage.

ElevageÉlevage for two years in stainless steel.

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Fining/FilteringFining and filtration before bottling.

Additional info

Total production average30,000 bottles

More about
the producer

Champagne Piollot

Founded in 1986

8.5 hectares

Champagne Piollot is produced by Roland Piollot and his wife Dominique Moreau from family-owned vines in the Aube. The vineyards are located primarily in the town of Polisot, where the family has had strong roots since the early 20th century. In 1911, Roland’s great-grandfather was one of the leaders of the famous Aube revolt, which ensured that the Aube would remain an official part of Champagne. As of 2018, Roland and Dominique have been joined by their daughter, Jeanne.

Roland's father was extremely passionate about vineyard work and replanted all of his vineyards using the selection massale method (he even kept some of the old Pinot Blanc vineyards that most of his neighbors were replanting to Pinot Noir or Chardonnay). In 1986, Roland decided to bottle the wines himse...