This estate has a long and complex story of how it become what it is today.  However, we have Olivier's persistence to thank for that.  The property is located in Coteaux du Petit Morin with the Marne, just south of all of the Grand Crus in the Côtes des Blancs. 

Grape: 100% Pinot Noir. 40% 2016 & 60% reserve.  The eastern-exposed Pinot Noir vines were planted in 1971

Plot: Les Maillons is a 6-hectare vineyard of which Collin owns 2.5 hectares in the village of Barbonne-Fayel in the Côte de Sézanne, just south of the Coteaux du Morin. 

Soil: heavy clay soils with chalky limestone sub-soils

Viticulture: Sustainable