Champagne Apollonis
Blanc de Meunier

The Côteaux Champenois Blanc de Meunier by Apollonis is a white wine made from 100% Meunier, sourced from old vines located around the village of Festigny, in the Vallée de la Marne. This rare label reflects the Loriot family’s commitment to enhancing the emblematic grape of the region beyond the méthode champenoise.

The 2017 vintage base is complemented by 50% of Réserve Perpétuelle, adding depth and aromatic complexity. After vinification, the wine matures for about 5 years before being released in this first edition of Côteaux Champenois Blanc, produced in a strictly limited quantity of only 380 bottles.

On the palate, the Côteaux Champenois Blanc de Meunier reveals an elegant and complex profile, with notes of white-fleshed fruit, candied citrus, fresh flowers, and delicate mineral nuances. It stands out for its freshness, verticality, and remarkable balance, with a long, sapid finish that highlights the authentic character of the grape and the terroir of Festigny.

Champagne Apollonis

Michel Loriot inherited the family estate and started the Domaine in 1977, helped by his partner Martine Pierson. Michel Loriot is called the "mélomane-vigneron" because he managed to link his strong passion for music with his vocation for Champagne, so, several plots of vineyard benefit from a new practice in the Champagne region - named proteody - implying music in the vineyards to stimulate the natural resistance of the vines. Symphonies work in the vineyards... and in the cellar, too!

Michel Loriot signs his productions with a selection of great classics. The greatest composers cradle the wines being aged: Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Vivaldi, Elgar participate in the magic of high quality effervescence by bringing vibrations that reach the wine, the yeasts and the proteins that compose it. The vibrations of the music act on the structure and help it to express all its aromas and flavors during its aging period. The harmony of the elements is created... and Michel Loriot can experience the emotion of the music, translated into his Champagne Apollonis.

The property now has about 7 hectares of vineyards in Festigny, a small village located in the Vallée de la Marne and ideal terroir for the cultivation of Meunier, where Michel, helped by his daughter Marie, also cultivates Chardonnay and Pinot Noir to assemble the cuvées. In the vineyard the maximum respect for the environment is the rule, with particular attention to biodiversity: those practices are necessary to obtain healthy grapes and high quality.