Agrapart Grand Cru Complantée 750ml

Disgorged June 2025. Complantée comes from a single parcel in Avize that Agrapart co-planted (complantée) with six varieties: Pinot Noir, Meunier, Chardonnay and the heirloom Champagne varieties of Arbane, Petit Meslier and Pinot Blanc. Chardonnay accounts for one-quarter of the blend, with the remainder split equally between the other five varieties. The vines come from the Fosse vineyard, the same site that gives us the great Vénus cuvée (La Fosse à Bull is the name of the specific vineyard parcel where these vines are situated). With this wine, Agrapart has delved into the past to understand what ancient varieties and the traditional practice of co-plantating bring to the table.

The current release is based on the 2021 harvest with 20% reserve wine from 2020. The fruit was hand-harvested, co-fermented, barrel-aged and put to bottle without filtration. “Grown together, picked together, pressed together, made together,” says Ambroise Agrapart. The wine rested for just over two years on its lees and was dosed with less than 5 g/L.

This wine’s atypical savouriness and notes of nettle, crushed herbs and subtle spice are far from common in Champagne. The vibrant clarity and driving mineral freshness crackle across the palate and speak loudly of Avize. We’ll leave the final words to Peter Liem: “While there are a number of champagnes being made from these varieties today, Agrapart’s is surely one of the finest.”