27% Pinot Blanc, 27% Arbanne, 46% Petit Meslier. Zero dosage. Only 900 bottles produced.
BAM! takes its name from three ancient Champagne grape varieties that most producers abandoned long ago: Pinot Blanc, Arbanne and Petit Meslier. The vines were established in 2003 on the lieu-dit "Four à Chaux-Sables" in Oeuilly, Vallée de la Marne, where limestone and silica-sand soils sit on a north-facing slope at 128 metres altitude, sculpted over centuries by the Marne river.
Farming is regenerative throughout: natural ground cover between rows, light tillage under the vine, phytotherapy, Chablis gentle pruning and natural fertilisation.
Grapes were harvested on 26 September 2012 and blended with a perpetual reserve (Solera) dating back to 2007. After gentle gravity pressing, the wine fermented spontaneously in Burgundy oak barrels and rested 6 months on harvest lees without malolactic fermentation. Bottled on 27 April 2013, it spent over 11 years ageing on lees in bottle before disgorgement on 3 June 2024. Zero dosage, no filtration, no fining.
Bright golden with a fine, persistent mousse. The nose is immediately distinctive: exotic spices, stone fruits, wild herbs and a cool mineral edge reminiscent of wet chalk and sea spray. On the palate, the wine is precise and energetic, with a saline tension that carries ripe yellow fruit and a long, focused finish.
A Champagne for those who seek something genuinely different.
Exceptional with oysters, langoustines and turbot. Equally at home alongside truffle dishes, saffron-scented seafood or a well-aged Comté.
