Sébastien Moncuit, new comer
After 10 years at Château Malakoff managing a big production, 3 years spent in a laboratory counselling wine growers and merchants, Sébastien Moncuit, son and grandson of a Champagne wine grower, joined last year champagne Mailly Grand Cru, “a fantastic domain of pinot noirs that offers a huge scope of opportunities”!
Mailly Grand Cru represents 73 hectares planted by 3/4 with pinots noirs and 1/4 of chardonn...
The village of Mailly is said to derive its name from the Latin Malliusacum. Grapes have been grown in Mailly for centuries, since before the building of Reims Cathedral in the 13th Century. Mailly wines were much appreciated by the church and nobility and graced all of the finest tables from the Middle Ages onward. Mailly winegrowers have witnessed the landmark events that shaped French History, contributing to the rising fortunes of Champagn...
The Mailly Grand Cru estate extends across 70 hectares, entirely located in the Grand Cru village of Mailly Champagne, at the heart of the Montagne de Reims nature park. The vineyard is divided into 480 plots, planted to the two noble Champagne varietals, the Pinot Noir (75%) and the Chardonnay (25%). Blessed with a unique terroir, the vineyard is distinguished by a location that faces all four points of the compass. Most of the plots are nort...
The estate’s wines owe their character to the fruit of a single Grand Cru vineyard. Their excellence is testament to the skills of the winegrowing team, growers and chef de cave working together. The House offers a range of more than ten wines, each one notable for its exceptional balance, assertive vinous style, class and elegance. Together they celebrate the many different expressions of a quintessential Grand Cru Estate. Mailly’s chalky sub...
After the ravages of World War I came the market crash of 1929 that plunged the world into Depression.
In response, a group of intrepid winegrowers founded the association of Mailly Champagne producers, joining forces under a motto that sums up everything they stood for:
‘à la tête par la main’
(together we can make it happen).
They bravely determined to make richly expressive wines from fruit grown exclusively in the vineyards of ...
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