Benoit Marguet Shaman Grand Cru Brut Nature Rose 2022
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Benoit Marguet Shaman Grand Cru Brut Nature Rose 2022

Benoit Marguet
$89.00

Grape: Chardonnay Pinot Noir
Vintage: 2022
Type: Sparkling

This small-production pinot noir comes from select parcels in the Eola-Amity Hills AVA, chosen for their explicit fruit weight and fleshy profile. Winemaker Maggie Harrison employs a low-intervention approach in a cold cellar, letting spontaneous native fermentations run without adjustments. The grapes are fermented with a high percentage of whole clusters to introduce structural complexity and a savory foundation. It matures for over a year in French oak barriques to encourage a slow, natural integration of fruit and oak.

 

Winery

Champagne Marguet is based in Ambonnay, on the Montagne de Reims, where Benoît Marguet works with old vines in Ambonnay and neighboring Bouzy. The family’s history reaches back to the nineteenth century, but Benoît has given the domaine a particularly personal direction. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grow in grand cru sites whose chalk soils form the foundation of the range. Biodynamics, plant-based treatments and aromatherapy are part of a vineyard philosophy centered on the relationship between soil, vines and the surrounding environment.

Draft horses have been used for soil work since 2010, making the farming a visible expression of that philosophy. In the cellar, gentle handling, gravity and aging on the lees continue the same attention to the wine’s development. Shaman provides an introduction to the house, while village and individual-site wines explore the differences within its vineyards. Sapience extends the project through a separate, organically focused range. Together, the wines show how a familiar Champagne landscape can be interpreted through one grower’s unusually close engagement with farming.