45% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay, 15% Meunier. All from the 2020 harvest (selection of the first juices only), all Premier Cru fruit from Chamery. There are 3 lieu-dits that face south-east: Les Vigneules, Les Spectres and Les Caquerets. The soils are of calcareous clay studded with limestone pebbles. The subsoils are of sand with a high percentage of tiny fossils. The grapes are pressed, and fermentation occurs naturally. The wine spent 9 months on lees in used 228L and 400L barrels, and malolactic occurs. The wine is then bottled without fining or filtration, and without sulfites. Disgorged in August 2023, without any dosage.

Bonnet-Ponson was created in 1956, when André Bonnet married Monique Ponson. André’s family had been growing grapes and making champagne in the Village of Chamery since 1862, and Monique also came from a family who grew grapes in the village of Vrigny. For the next 30 years, their son Thierry continued the development of the domaine, with the addition of new caves, and also another hectare of vines – spread out across Chamery, Vrigny and Verzenay.

In 2013 Thierry’s son Cyril joined the domaine, after studying oenology and honing his craft in the south of France. At this point in time, Cyril began converting all the vineyards to Organic. Apart from continuing to make the traditional champagnes that his family has, and that many a client adore, Cyril has recently begun to make some additional wines – a Champagne and Coteaux Champenois without SO2.