Antoine Bouvet

Antoine Bouvet is based in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, just outside Épernay. His grandfather Guy Bouvet founded the estate, which spans three Premier Cru villages: Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Bisseuil and Avenay-Val-d’Or. Although his father chose a career in accounting and skipped a generation, Antoine inherited exceptional vineyard material from his grandfather. Old massal selections give the vines both deep roots in the chalk soils and remarkable genetic diversity, bringing notable complexity. His brother Maxime has recently joined him at the domaine.

Antoine settled in 2011 and quickly adopted a low-intervention approach, giving up herbicides from the start. By 2015 he began trials in organic and biodynamic farming. In the cellar, fermentations start naturally and he interferes as little as possible, letting the chalk soils lend their finesse. He belongs to a younger wave of Champagne growers but already has more than a decade behind him, and he enjoys experimenting with vinification to craft wines as naturally as possible.