2 biodynamic spots in Champagne, editor-picked by Cork & Curve. All dietary guides in Champagne.
Champagne Fleury ★ 4.4
Cote des Bar (Aube) · 43 Grande Rue, 10250 Courteron, France
Jean-Pierre Fleury converted the Courteron family vineyards to biodynamics in 1989 and was the first Champagne house to certify biodynamic, achieving certification in 1992. The estate farms 15 hectares in the Cote des Bar, accredited to Demeter and Biodyvin and certified organic by Ecocert.
Tip: The Blanc de Noirs is the value entry to a pioneering biodynamic house; the Cuvee 1865 shows the estate at full stretch.
Champagne Leclerc Briant ★ 4.4
Epernay · 67 Rue Chaude Ruelle, 51200 Epernay, France
An Epernay house with biodynamic roots reaching to the 1960s, Leclerc Briant has been certified organic since 2004 and biodynamic since 2008. Oenologist Herve Jestin works without intervention, and the estate farms 13 hectares of mainly Grand and Premier Cru sites biodynamically.
Tip: The Abyss cuvee is aged under the sea off Brittany; taste it beside the standard range to see what biodynamics plus ageing does.