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Alexis
In 2015, Alexis Leconte founded his own project – alongside the family estate Xavier Leconte, which has existed since 1870. Six generations, but this time differently: Champagne Alexis stands for Demeter-certified viticulture, lunar calendar practices in the cellar and amphorae alongside oak barrels. The 10 hectares are spread across 40 parcels in Troissy, Vandières and the Grand Cru Aÿ. Those who taste the wines discover Meunier with depth and Pinot Noir with finesse – champagnes that would convince as still wines.
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From Alsace via Burgundy and Back
Before Alexis returned to Troissy in 2013, he worked in Alsace and Burgundy. There he learned what he had missed in Champagne: that great sparkling wine begins with great still wine. The perlage is a bonus, not the purpose. With this conviction, he took over his father Xavier's estate – and immediately began the transition to biodynamics. In 2023 came the Demeter certification, ten years after the first step. For Alexis, biodynamics was not a marketing decision, but a consequence: whoever wants to trust nature must stop wanting to control it.
The Lunar Calendar Determines Everything
At Alexis, everything is governed by lunar phases: plantings, rackings, disgorging. What sounds esoteric has system – and tradition. The ancestors already worked by the moon before agrochemicals standardised everything. Alexis brings this knowledge back, combining it with modern parcel vinification. Each of the 40 parcels is fermented separately – in oak barrels, concrete tanks, old wooden foudres or horizontal clay eggs. Spontaneous fermentation with wild yeasts is standard, malolactic fermentation is avoided, dosage reduced to a minimum.
Meunier from Troissy, Pinot from Aÿ
The main grape variety is Pinot Meunier – the dominant grape in Troissy, often underestimated, rehabilitated here. The Arietis from Vandières shows what Meunier can do: Brut Nature, zero dosage, pure fruit with grip. From the Grand Cru Aÿ comes the Pinot Noir for the Ageius – powerful, structured, with years ahead of it. And the Aria as Blanc de Blancs proves that Chardonnay also has its place in this house.
In the Spirit of the Pioneers
What Alexis does today has tradition in the Vallée de la Marne. Georges Laval in Cumières began organic viticulture as early as 1971 – inspired by a Jacques Cousteau report on pesticides in the Arctic. Both houses share more than just the region: horses instead of tractors, spontaneous fermentation instead of cultured yeasts, patience instead of efficiency. Alexis stands for the next generation of this philosophy – with the Demeter seal and the courage to question old certainties.