At A Glance
- Field
- Detail
- Place
- Celles-sur-Ource, Côte des Bar, southern Champagne
- Grapes
- Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir
- Philosophy
- No blending between years, plots or grape varieties
- Farming
- Sustainable and durable viticulture
- Named cuvées
- Presle, Les Vignes Basses, Chantemerle Gourmandise Rosé and Pinot Noir Blanc de Noirs Chantemerle
The Producer
Three generations of vine growing came before Julien Prélat became the first in his family to make wine. He founded his own domain in 2000, with Karine Prélat as co proprietor, and grows vines and vinifies wines in Celles-sur-Ource in the Côte des Bar.
The house rejects blending. Each cuvée follows one year of harvest, one plot and one grape variety. Prélat farms sustainably and durably, describing the inherited land as borrowed and cultivating it with that responsibility in mind.
Place
Celles-sur-Ource is a village in the Côte des Bar subregion of southern Champagne. Julien Prélat's vineyard and cellar work are both based there, joining vine growing and vinification in the same village.
Wines
The named cuvées cover Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir, across Blanc de Blancs, Blanc de Noirs, extra dry and rosé styles.
Presle is a 100% Chardonnay Blanc de Blancs with a pale yellow colour and green hints. It carries white flower notes of jasmine and acacia, white fruit, a silky mouth and a citrus finish.
Pinot Meunier Les Vignes Basses is extra dry, with a yellow gold robe, apple blossom and lilac on the nose, and a velvety palate marked by summer fruit, ripe strawberry and damson.
Chantemerle Gourmandise Rosé has a rich nose of cherry and strawberry with violet, peony and hawthorn. Pinot Noir Blanc de Noirs Chantemerle is made from 100% Pinot Noir and has a pale yellow colour with pink gold hints.
Final Word
Champagne Julien Prélat combines a family history of vine growing with its own vineyard and cellar work in the Côte des Bar, across Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir cuvées.