Domaine René Collet

Up until the 1960s our family grew vines mainly to make a little wine for personal consumption. In those days, our great-great-uncle Anthime, who had lost a leg during the 1st World War, just tended a few small plots of vines. From the ‘60s onwards, our great aunt Renée, along with our grandparents Paulette and Raymond, planted a lot more vines. Up till then however, all the grapes they produced were sold on.

In 1973, a first milestone...

None of the vineyards on our estate is more than 2km fromour headquarters in the village of Fontaine-Denis (Marne-France).

This location at the heart of the Côte de Sézanne boasts a very particular geology. On a bed of subsoil mainly comprising chalk(more than 400m thick), sit a variety of different topsoils including silts and clays of varying thickness. Added to these geological characteristics is the fact that the majority of our vineyar...

3 Brothers... 2 Champagnes... 1 Terroir

Three brothers each with different skills, yet all committed to a single objective.

We invite you to discover, through our two distinct brands, the land where we grew up at Fontaine-Denis. Ours is a unique story. From 2002, one after the other, we joined our father in the family business, creating wines that do justice to the village we come from and that are an expression of who we are. Our work, ...