Champagne Drémont-Marroy is a family estate in Charly-sur-Marne, in the Marne Valley, between Paris and Reims. The family works 23 plots across four villages, on slopes shaped by the Marne River. This is a cool, humid part of Champagne, where Meunier is especially important, supported by Chardonnay and Pinot Noir for more nuance in the blends.

The estate’s story began with Odette Drémont, a winegrower and schoolteacher. The first family Champagne was sold in 1955, when the family had just one hectare of vines. Later, Jean-Louis Drémont and Françoise Marroy planted most of the vineyard by hand, growing it to 7.5 hectares. Today, Jean-Rémi and Mélanie Drémont continue this work with a focus on wines that express each plot.

Their approach is based on organic farming, manual work and respect for biodiversity. The estate harvested its first certified organic grapes in 2022 and works with patience from pruning to harvest.

In the cellar, each plot is vinified separately in barrels, half-barrels, concrete eggs, stainless steel or enamel tanks. The wines are handled with little intervention, kept fresh by avoiding malolactic fermentation, aged on lees before bottling, and then left in the cellar for 40 months to five years. These are Champagnes made with family memory, careful farming and a close reading of the Marne Valley.