Champagne 2025: Tasting at Roger Coulon

Vrigny, Montagne de Reims
Tasted Wednesday, August 27, 2025 by Vinjahideen with 16 views

Introduction

I wish this estate was more well-known in the UK seeing most of it's imports go to Scandinavia and the Low Countries. RM with vineyards in Montagne de Reims and Côte des Blancs, primarily Meunier, Pinot and Chardonnay. 90k bottles a year; following the Larmandier-Bernier style of picking late and ripe; vinified 1/3 in tank, rest in large oak; natural malo with 11m elevage 70pc in large oak 30pc in steel, the blended in steel; 3-10y on lees; always of a Brut Nature/Extra Brut style; barrels last 5-15Y with annual purchases; 1/3 of Meunier production goes into a PR collected since 1995;

The 14' Millesime with 50pc france de pied Meunier is probably the best Meunier-based champagne I've had. Overall the house is very much the Larmandier-Bernier of the North: wide aromatics, minerally, earthy, rich, ripe and effortless: Meunier throughout the vertical is generous and tropically primary.

Flight 1 (2 Notes)

  • NV Roger Coulon Champagne Premier Cru Heri-Hodie 89 Points

    France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru

    Henri Hodie: 10pc 2021 base wine, 90pc PR; 100pc Pinot meunier, little oak; fermented plum, peach, fungal, fruity, stony-Riesling like; hint of vanilla; 3g/l; light-body; 23' July; viscous on throat; blanc de noir; body is more generous than other Meunier but is outdone by aromatics;

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  • NV Roger Coulon Champagne Premier Cru L'Hommée 89 Points

    France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru

    L'homme: 60pc Chardonnay 40pc PN; barrel fermented and matured; milky mist/vanilla nose, too dominant; more power and riper in red fruit, liqueur-like; very oxidated; acids not detectable; slight pinot tannin on throat; 23' Nov;

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Flight 2 (2 Notes)

  • NV Roger Coulon Champagne Premier Cru Continuum Brut Nature Les Champs Chevalier 87 Points

    France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru

    Roast honey-glaze, embers, peaches, woody nose, Brut nature, zero dosage; 13y lees; 65pc Chardonnay, 35pc Meunier; spiky acids but weak body; some throat heat; using 50y old barrel so not that heavy in vanilla and toast; 04/2024; lacks depth in body; 2011 base with perpetual reserve of Meunier;

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  • 2014 Roger Coulon Champagne Blanc de Noirs Millesime 96 Points

    France, Champagne

    2014, blanc de noir; no malo, steel only; 50 pinot from Vrigny 50 Meunier (Goux); 60y old and ungrafted; franc de pied; truffle, stony, milky mist nose, great complexity; 8-9y on lees; power on the front palette and back;; Meunier shines here with pineapple and tropical fruit palette; strawberry skin finish on throat complemented with Meunier viscosity; 2g/l dosage;

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