Why it matters
The producer
Rémi Leroy returned to family vineyards in the Aube after training as an oenologist. The family had traditionally supplied grapes in bulk to larger Champagne houses. His independent label changes where the fruit ends up, and the cellar follows the same personal direction: grapes settle naturally after pressing, native yeasts begin fermentation, and the wines aim for a more vinous, expressive character.
That idea appears in the phrase “More than Champagne, Champagne wine.” It points toward bottles with their own fruit, texture and cellar shape, instead of a single house style applied across every cuvée. Pinot Noir carries the range’s savoury and fruit-dense side, while Chardonnay becomes deeper and less fruit-driven when raised entirely in oak.
Place and vineyards
Where the wines begin
The regional setting is Champagne’s Aube, where family vineyards supply the fruit for an independent range built around Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Meurville is specifically attached to the Blanc de Blancs, which comes from old Chardonnay vines. This is not the crisp, saline Chardonnay style associated with the Côte des Blancs. Oak amplifies density and depth, so the label’s Blanc de Blancs belongs to a broader, more vinous reading of Chardonnay.
The Aube also enters the Brut Nature through its soils. The wine carries a lemon-pith line and chalk grip, giving the blend a dry, light-footed profile even after extended lees ageing. Place appears through the finish as much as through the fruit.
In the cellar
Vineyards and cellar
Farming uses organic methods. After pressing, the grapes settle naturally before fermentation with native yeasts, leaving the cellar to work with the character of the fruit instead of imposing a uniform starting point.
The Brut Nature was fermented 85% in stainless steel and 15% in older oak, with full malolactic fermentation before three years on lees. Stainless steel keeps the wine’s lemon-pith profile direct, older oak adds a quieter vinous frame, and lees time brings the blend to a longer finish without obscuring its chalk-led line.
Wines to know
The range in view
The Brut Nature is the leanest and most mineral-led bottle in the stated range. Its 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay blend comes from vines averaging 25 years old. Lemon pith, a light palate, chalk grip and a lengthy finish define its place among the wines.
The Blanc de Noirs comes from the oldest Pinot Noir plots. Steel and barrel ageing divide the wine between clarity and depth, with savoury fruit, density, buoyancy and lift. It is the more concentrated Pinot Noir expression, but the fruit does not become heavy.