Champagne Brut Rosé “Crayons de Vigne”

The Diot family, based in Vinay (southwest of Épernay), has owned vineyards in Champagne for several centuries, but until a few decades ago always sold all the grapes to the big Champagne houses. In the early 1960s, Jean Diot decided to start his own label: Champagne Jean Diot. In 1998, Jean’s son Jean-Philippe took over from his father, and with that the estate started to make considerable progress.

Where his father had started with only a Brut and a Rosé, Jean-Philippe expanded the range considerably, with, among other things, an Extra Brut, a Blanc de Blancs and a Blanc de Noirs and a great gastronomic vintage line in collaboration with Fabien Gay: Artéis. He also implemented the necessary innovations on the estate itself. He reorganised the vineyards (the family owns some seven hectares directly surrounding the house, and another five spread across the southern hills of Épernay and the Vallée de la Marne), built a reception room, and installed a new vinification room, which houses the pressoir and cuverie.