Les Potences

A white Champagne made only from black Pinot Noir grapes, off one Grand Cru plot planted in 1975. Powerful and almost winey.

Adrien Rousseaux is the fourth generation of his family to grow grapes in Verzenay, a Grand Cru village on the Montagne de Reims, and has run the estate's 2.6 hectares since 2012. Les Potences comes from a single plot of Pinot Noir planted in 1975, fermented in oak barrels and left on its lees (the spent yeast) for close to three years. Each vintage runs to under a thousand bottles. Fresh and concentrated, creamy and long, with yellow apple, citrus and a salty finish.