Émilien Feneuil took over his family winery in 2006. The winery is in Sermiers in the heart of Montagne de Reims. Émilien farms just over 2 hectares of vines spread across 15 plots near Chamery and Sermiers. His vineyards are planted with a wide range of native species in addition to the vines and the grape yields are correspondingly very low. Wildly propagated trees shoot up from among nettle, grasses, dandelion, and clover, his vine rows yoking across the wild fields! Pascaline Lepeltier says of the vineyards, “The soil was supple like a soft carpet, and a delightful humus scent was floating. It just felt good.” Émilien’s methods arose from an encounter on a trip to Morocco where he saw a grapevine, olive tree, and almond tree all growing ancient together in communion, each still bearing fruits. This sense of communion shook him and he decided that he wanted his vineyards to grow with a similar quality. 2015 was the first year Émilien began bottling his own wines and the world is brighter for it. All his wines ferment in old Burgundy barrels with indigenous yeasts. Drinking the wines, the care and fastidiousness in their making is immediately apparent in their soulful complexity and beguiling power.

Blended from two distinct, and tiny, parcels of pinot noir in Sermiers. Fermented and aged in oak barrels and like all of his wines indigenous yeast are responsible for the fermentation. Bottled with zero dosage. Our total allocation was 9 bottles!