Champagne Chavost, Brut Nature "Blanc Assemblage" Chavot-Courcourt, France NV

47% Chardonnay, 47% Meunier, 6% Pinot Noir

Organic farming. Vinified 100% in thermo-regulated stainless steel vats. No use of added sulfites, settling is done without enzymes, tannin, coal, or chaptalisation. Spontaneous alcoholic fermentation (indigenous yeast) at 17°C and spontaneous malolactic fermentation (indigenous bacteria) at 20°C. Unfined and unfiltered.

Champagne Chavost is a cooperative winery in the village of Chavot, currently led by the young and dynamic chef de caves Fabian Daviaux, who took over in 2019 at the young age of 30. Founded in 1946 by an original group of around 20 growers, the co-op is now composed of the holdings of over 70 multi-generational growers. 

Fabien convinced the co-op's members to take all 5.5ha of their collective organic holdings and embark on a new journey: he would create a range of wines made entirely without additives or sulfites. This feat of persuasion shouldn't be overlooked: convincing many older growers to go in a completely new (and some would say, risky) direction was a bold decision on his part. The winery still produces a range of conventional wines, but for a cooperative in Champagne, this was a big and unprecedented step towards natural winemaking in a region that has often been highly resistant to change.

Champagne is often seen as one of the French wine regions most resistant to change. Champagne Chavost is a historic winery undertaking a revolutionary project of reinvention, and is very much pushing the envelope about what is possible in Champagne today.