Bichery Les Terres Melees Brut Nature 2022

D&M NOTES (MK, 01/2026):

OVERVIEW: Terre Melees translates roughly to mixed earth, a name chosen to reflect the multiple parcels that make up this cuvee (Les Mees, Val Lige, Val Cureux, and La Fontaines du Noyer), which are all planted to Pinot Noir. 

TASTING: The nose opens with a light note of cream, quince, baked apple, lemon and oak notes. On the palate this is present with a light note of cream, citrus, quince, baked apples, and a clay minerality that shows a flint edge.

ABOUT THE PRODUCER: The story of Domaine de Bichery begins with the 2015 harvest, when Raphaël Piconnet decided to vinify his own Champagne in a tiny cuvérie (cellar) in Neuville-sur-Seine, renovated a few months prior. Raphaël trained in enology in Changins in Switzerland and "la Viti" in Beaune. From a family that had farmed land for three generations, he decided that with his knowledge and the support of his wife Hannah (who he met while she was working harvest at the domaine in 2012) he would make a small amount himself. Today, Bichery is composed of six parcels in the hills above the town of Neuville, with a bit less than 7 hectare at their disposal. They obtained Ecocert certification in early 2019, and production remains positively tiny. They are members of the "Association des Champagnes Biologique", an intentional group of certified organic grower Champagne producers pushing a new level of terroir-driven quality.