Who makes it
Champagne Vignon Père & Fils makes sparkling Champagne through parcel by parcel vinification. Most wines are worked in barrels and fermented with natural yeasts. The estate avoids fining and filtration across its cuvées.
Barrel ageing gives wine gradual oxygen exposure and can add texture. Natural yeasts conduct fermentation from the vineyard and cellar environment. Fining removes suspended particles, while filtration clarifies wine before bottling. Leaving out both can preserve more of the wine's original texture.
Where it grows
The estate covers 6.70 hectares located mainly in Verzenay and Verzy, both Grand Cru terroirs. In Champagne, Grand Cru is a village classification, so the term identifies the status of the commune where the grapes grow.
Verzenay contributes power, vinosity, and typical red and white fruit. Those qualities give the wines a broad fruit register alongside the weight associated with the village.
What they make
The named range includes Les Espérances Brut Zero Champagne Vignon Père & Fils, a 2020 sparkling wine, and Rochelles-Potences Blanc de Blancs, also a 2020 sparkling wine. Brut Zero is the category with no dosage, the small addition of wine and sugar made after disgorgement. Blanc de Blancs means a sparkling wine made from white grapes.
Les Espérances places dosage language at the centre of its name. Rochelles-Potences places grape colour at the centre. Both wines belong to a range made through parcel by parcel vinification, mostly in barrels, with natural yeasts and no fining or filtration.