Harmony White Champagne Brut

Harmonie Blanc Champagne Brut,

Eric Collinet

The Harmonie cuvée from Maison Collinet is an organic, biodynamic, and natural brut white champagne (Ecocert, AB, and Eurofeuille certifications) from the vines of the Éric Collinet estate, in Côte des Bar, the southernmost region of Champagne. Since 2014, this estate has been fully certified organic. The blend is 90% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot Blanc.

The Mark of Limestone
The Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc vines grow on Kimmeridgian clay-limestone soils, bringing minerality and tension to the wines. The wines are from the 2018 harvest. Hand-picked. Dosage: 3.5 g/l.

A champagne for all occasions
A beautiful straw-gold color and fine, persistent bubbles characterize this champagne dominated by Chardonnay. The minerality is marked, with siliceous and iodized notes giving way to white fruits (peach, melon, candied citron). The evolution of the champagne in the glass is fascinating, the wine successively offering changing profiles. Pair it with anything you like, knowing that it will be very comfortable with bottarga, smoked salmon and all smoked fish, as well as grilled oily fish, smoked mackerel for example. It will make an ideal companion for high-end sushi.

Learn more about Éric Collinet champagnes

Limousin established in Southern Champagne "for the love of the land and the king of wines", Éric Collinet devotes himself to viticulture on this land of Riceys, in Côte des Bar, doubling it with a truffle cultivation activity (Burgundy truffle, Tuber uncinatum). Whether it is vines or mycorrhizal trees, it is the same love of nature and biodiversity that Éric and his wife Martine lavish on their estate.

Champagne agroforestry
On sloping land, planting trees in the vines helps to anchor them and compensate for water loss during increasingly hot summers. The dominant grape variety is Pinot Noir, — a regional tradition — with Chardonnay making up 20%. The entire estate (2.5 hectares of vines) has been managed organically (AB, Eurofeuille, Ecocert) and biodynamically since 2014.
The charm of the Côte des Bar
A remarkable freshness and salinity, a well-known signature of the Kimmeridgian limestone of the Côte des Bar, the "emerging" region of Champagne. The champagnes from Domaine Collinet are unanimously described as lively and fruity. These are tangy but not unrounded wines, with a lively bubble. A perfect accompaniment to all dishes, a great opportunity to have champagne meals without having to worry too much about the pairings.