Vintage 2019 Les Goulats rosé de macération

When Émilien Feneuil took over his parents’ farm in 2006, conventional farming was the norm. Until he started looking into organic farming and biodynamic practices. Feneuil now works with organic certification, makes his own preparations and encourages as much biodiversity as possible. He goes further than many others in this: he also grows nut and fruit trees among his vines.
The small 2.5 hectare vineyard around Sermiers, in the Montagne de Reims, is mainly planted with meunier, supplemented with chardonnay and pinot noir, and a grape that is rarely found in Champagne: petit meslier. Initially, Feneuil sold all his fruit, but it was not until 2015 that he started making champagne. At first this was done in the cellars of winemakers he was friends with, for the 2020 harvest he bought his first own wine press and is improving his winery.
In the cellar, Feneuil lets the must ferment spontaneously and lets the wines rest for about a year before bottling them for a second fermentation. With minimal sulphites and low dosages, Feneuil makes fascinating, expressive champagnes.

He also produces still wines, Côteaux Champenois.