'A Travers Celles' is a blend of Pinot Noir and Pinot Blanc from three different plots with a slightly pink colour.
| Type | Sparkling |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne |
| Producer | Etienne Sandrin |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Grape Varieties | Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc |
| Farming | Organic, Biodynamic |
| ABV | 12% |
| Bottle Size | 75cl |
Etienne Sandrin and his wife Anne farm 10ha of vines in the Côte des Bar’s Celles-sur-Ource – a terroir catapulted to fame by the magical wines of Cêdric Bouchard. For decades, Etienne’s family sold to the local co-operative, but in 2014, he and Anne decided to start bottling a tiny portion of their production for family and friends.
Without a website or any easy means of being contacted, the couple take a refreshingly analogue approach in a digital world: they still send out written allocations by post and entrust only a handful of friends and close industry contacts with distribution.
Just a few thousand bottles are made each year (and only a few hundred bottles of their lieu-dit cuvées), with most of the fruit sold to local biodynamic producers, including Champagne Fleury and Clandestin.
Made from biodynamically farmed, old-vine Pinot Noir and Pinot Blanc, fermented using native yeasts and without wood, these pure, focused, mineral Champagnes are rare gems.
