L'Hommée 1er Cru - Champagne Roger Coulon

L'Hommée 1er Cru - Champagne Roger Coulon

Eric and Isabelle Coulon

Technical data of the house Coulon 

• Old vines of the Historic Terroirs
• The Hommée is an agrarian measure used in the past in Champagne.
• It is "a magic word that links Man to his Terroir and to his past".
• This Cuvée is made only from the oldest and most emblematic Terroirs of the Domaine.
• 3 Villages 1er Cru
• 65 year old vines
• 100% barrels 
• Dosage 3gr/L
• Base 2017
• Grape varieties: Chardonnay - Pinot
• Aged until the fruit is rejuvenated.

Tasting of L'Hommée 1er Cru

• 92/100 Parker
• Cellaring potential: Now to 2035.
• Tasted by William Kelley on 31 August 2022: "Made from massal selections grown on the family's historic farms around the village, L'Hommée de Coulon offers aromas of peach, ripe citrus, white flowers, buttery pastry and spice. It is fleshy and incisive, with a nice acidity. A racy Champagne with a bright, penetrating finish."

The house and the team 

Eric and Isabelle Coulon, assisted by their children Louise and Edgar, farm 11 hectares, divided into 120 parcels, in the northern part of the Montagne de Reims, mainly in and around Vrigny, where the cultivation of Meunier on sandy soils dominates, partly ungrafted and in the case of the Coulons, entirely from massal selections. The viticulture, certified organic since 2019, is progressive, with cover crops to control humidity and thus mitigate disease pressure (Meunier is sensitive to rot), and it follows agroforestry initiatives; and Eric Coulon, somewhat like his brother-in-law Francis Egly, believes in late harvests in search of full physiological maturity.  

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