Laurent Lequart

Today, Laurent is winemaker of Champagne Laurent Lequart.

Winemaking at Champagne Laurent Lequart is tied to village practice and to the pace of the Marne Valley. In Passy Grigny, Laurent Lequart works within a grower-Champagne framework, with Meunier giving the house its main varietal marker and its most direct link to place. The production route is deliberately practical. Grapes are collected and pressed through local cooperative operations, then Laurent Lequart shapes a range of 10 labels under the brand.

That division of labor keeps the house connected to the village system while still leaving room for a distinct house expression in the bottle. Champagne is treated here as table wine as well as celebratory wine. Laurent Lequart says, “Today pairing food and Champagne is an important subject and I am pleased that more and more people are seeing Champagne as a perfect gastronomic wine for many foods.” That view fits a range built around Meunier and Champagne Laurent Lequart, where the wines are made to work with a meal.

Two certifications frame the house’s environmental direction: High Environmental Value, known as HVE, and Sustainable Viticulture in Champagne, known as VDC. They sit alongside the estate’s emphasis on Sustainable Viticulture and organic winemaking techniques, extending that approach from vineyard work through to the finished wine.

Laurent's signature wines include Prestige Pur Meunier Extra Brut Champagne, Millésime 2010, Réserve Extra Brut Champagne, and Blanche d'Andesyne Rose Extra Brut.

The clearest external read on the craft comes through the wines. Laurent Lequart Prestige Pur Meunier Extra Brut Champagne N.V. is listed by Vivino among the top 2% of all wines in the world, recognition that sits squarely with a cuvée built around Meunier and the house’s disciplined identity. Laurent Lequart Blanc De Meunier Vieilles Vignes is a single-varietal Champagne made from Meunier grapes grown on vines over 40 years old.

The label is presented as a way to show the richness of the Passy-Grigny terroir through grape variety, old vines, and village expression. Champagne Laurent Lequart – Millésime was identified as a Trophy Winner in the Vintage category in a Glass of Bubbly tasting article. For a house built on village base, family continuity, and Meunier, that notice places a specific vintage alongside its broader grower-Champagne and environmental commitments.

The estate is a grower Champagne house founded in 1987/1988, working primarily with Pinot Meunier and farming around 10-11 hectares in the village of Passy-Grigny. The estate is a grower Champagne house founded in 1987/1988.