Style

A powerful yet precise , combining the richness of the 2018 vintage with the chalky tension and mineral precision of Oger.

Vineyard

Single vineyard Les Vozémieux, in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger Grand Cru, Côte des Blancs. Chalk soils provide structure, minerality, and freshness.

Winery

100% Chardonnay, vinified in stainless steel tanks and neutral oak with full malolactic fermentation. Aged to develop texture and complexity while maintaining the wine’s mineral backbone.

Nose / Palate

Ripe citrus, orchard fruit, white flowers, and subtle pastry notes, with a broad yet precise palate, firm chalky minerality, balanced acidity, and a textured structure leading to a long, powerful, and elegant finish.

Oger is one of the most expressive Grand Cru villages of the Côte des Blancs, renowned for Chardonnay with a naturally generous, rich and creamy personality. Compared with the more austere and linear style of Le Mesnil-sur-Oger or the greater tension of Avize, Oger tends to show more breadth, ripeness and texture, while retaining the chalk-driven freshness and saline character that define the Côte des Blancs.

The village is characterised by its pure chalk soils, with some of the most interesting parcels lying where the chalk comes very close to the surface. These shallow soils naturally limit the vines and encourage concentration in the grapes, while the deep chalk beneath the roots contributes Oger’s distinctive mineral and saline signature. The result is Chardonnay that combines aromatic richness with remarkable freshness.

In the glass, Oger often reveals ripe citrus, white and yellow peach, pear, white flowers and subtle almond or hazelnut notes, developing greater creaminess and depth with age. The palate is broad and generous, yet the chalk gives the wine a precise mineral backbone and a long, mouth-watering finish.

Oger’s particular strength is this balance between power and elegance. Its Chardonnay can be immediately seductive and textured, but the best examples possess enough acidity, minerality and saline tension to evolve beautifully over time. This makes Oger especially compelling in warm vintages, when its natural generosity can develop into remarkable depth without losing freshness.

For lovers of Côte des Blancs Chardonnay, Oger offers a distinctive interpretation of Grand Cru terroir: more generous than Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, more textured than Cramant, yet still unmistakably chalk-driven, saline and precise.

Les Vozemieux is one of the historic lieux-dits of Oger Grand Cru, a village whose Chardonnay has long been recognised for its combination of chalk-driven minerality and natural generosity. The site has become particularly associated with single-vineyard expressions that reveal the individuality of Oger rather than simply the character of the village as a whole.

The parcel is distinguished by its exceptionally pure, shallow chalk, bringing the vines into close contact with the limestone. This gives the wine remarkable mineral precision and saline energy, while the naturally generous character of Oger contributes density, texture and creaminess.

In the glass, Les Vozemieux shows lemon tart, white peach, grapefruit peel and verbena, followed by a concentrated, silky palate with impressive depth. Extended ageing on the lees allows the wine to develop greater creaminess and complexity while preserving its chalky backbone.

What makes Les Vozemieux special is this contrast between pure chalk and Oger’s inherent richness. It produces a Champagne that is powerful without heaviness, creamy without losing tension, and deeply mineral without becoming austere — a particularly expressive historical parcel of Oger Grand Cru.

2018 is a particularly strong vintage for Oger, especially for Chardonnay. The warm, sunny growing season produced grapes with high ripeness and concentration, giving Oger wines a noticeably fuller, richer and more generous profile than in cooler years. Examples from Oger consistently show ripe stone fruit, yellow apple, citrus and creamy textures alongside the village’s characteristic chalky minerality.

What makes Oger 2018 interesting is the balance between solar ripeness and the natural mineral/saline structure of the Grand Cru terroir. The wines can be broad and creamy, but the chalk gives them a firm mineral core and freshness rather than allowing the richness to become heavy.

Compared with cooler vintages, 2018 is more immediately seductive: more ripe fruit, more texture and more aromatic generosity. This is particularly evident in Chardonnay from Oger, where the warmth accentuates the village's naturally generous character.