Charles Dufour

Charles Dufour is a young winegrower and oenologist who cultivates 6 certified organic hectares in Landreville, in the Côtes des Bars region of the Aube département. Coming from a family steeped in the winemaking tradition of this off-the-beaten-track Champagne region, some of the vines were planted by his grandfather and are quite old. Charles prefers to work with natural yeasts for the fermentations of his wines and the wines are free of added sulphur. Charles has taken an interest in using Pinot Blanc in his cuvées, with this grape variety featuring prominently in his Bulles de Comptoir bottlings. He recently bottled a single varietal Pinot Blanc from a single vineyard, Le Champs du Clos. Dosage is extremely low, sometimes only 2 g/litre. The Liqueur de tirage is a mixture of wine and cane sugar and the yeasts used in the secondary fermentation come from his own vineyards. None of his wines have ever been fined or filtered.