Lurquin Coteaux Champenois Les Crayères du Levant 2020 Bouteille (75cl)
With Les Crayères du Levant 2020, Aurélien Lurquin crafts a still white wine from the Coteaux Champenois appellation, produced in Champagne. This vintage cuvée takes its name from its lieu-dit and belongs to an appellation dedicated to non-sparkling wines from the Champagne vineyards. Available information links this 2020 release to the village of Romery in the Vallée de la Marne, as well as to a Coteaux Champenois cuvée aged on its lees in oak barrels.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Champagne
- Producteur / Domaine
- Aurélien Lurquin
- Cuvée
- Crayères du Levant
- Millésime
- 2020
Aurélien Lurquin
Based in Romery, in the Marne Valley, Aurélien Lurquin cultivates a fragmented vineyard of approximately 2.3 hectares, notably originating the Les Crayères du Levant cuvée. He personally conducts parcel-by-parcel vinifications in very limited volumes, with indigenous fermentations, extended lees aging, and a constant pursuit of freshness. A portion of the grapes remains sold to the négociant trade, while production marketed under his name approaches 2,000 bottles per year according to available professional data.
- Owner
- Aurélien Lurquin
- Maître de chais
- Aurélien Lurquin
- Surface (ha)
- 2.30 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 2000
Histoire du domaine
Aurélien Lurquin trained in Burgundy with Luc Pavelot, in Pernand-Vergelesses, between 2002 and 2005. He then stayed in the Maule Valley, Chile, where he familiarized himself with daily vineyard work using horses. Returning to Champagne, he initiated the organic conversion of his vineyard in 2007 and acquired in the same year a traditional Coquart press with a capacity of 2,000 kg. The estate is established in Romery and comprises about fifteen parcels; the oldest, Les Crayères, was planted by his grandfather in 1947. Aurélien Lurquin presented his first vintage, 2013, in 2016. The juices flow by gravity into an old cellar, where he conducts slow fermentations and extended aging, generally separating cuvée and taille. The production bottled under his name remains extremely limited, with a portion of the grapes historically having been sold to the négociant trade.
Crayères du Levant
Les Crayères du Levant is a single-plot cuvée from the eponymous plot in Romery, in the Vallée de la Marne. Aurélien Lurquin has released several expressions of it, notably from Meunier or Chardonnay, as both Champagne and Coteaux Champenois. The documented sparkling versions are crafted without dosage and produced in very limited quantities.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- The cuvée takes its name from the Les Crayères du Levant plot, located in Romery and facing east towards the rising sun.
- Cuvée creation year
- 2014
- Style of the cuvée
- An artisanal single-plot expression, generally taut, energetic, and marked by a chalky core. The documented champagnes are zero-dosage, with vinification and aging notably involving concrete vats and barrels.
- Position within the range
- A rare and highly confidential single-plot cuvée, among the estate's most sought-after terroir expressions.
Histoire de la cuvée
Bottles from the 2014 vintage are documented under the name Les Crayères du Levant, representing the first identified release in the sources consulted. The name was subsequently used for various single-plot expressions originating from the same winegrowing sector, with grape varieties and wine types potentially varying.
