Nicolas Uriel

Career Nicolas Uriel works the cellar side of Champagne Thiénot in Reims, France, where style is measured in balance, freshness, and precision rather than in slogan. His remit is tied to specific cuvées — Cuvée Brut, Thiénot Brut Blanc de Blancs, and Cuvée Stanislas 2007 — so the job is less about abstraction than about holding a house profile steady across wines that need to read with clarity and poise.

The Climb

Technical training at ENSAIA and Montpellier SupAgro gave Nicolas Uriel the base for a career built on precision and finesse. In cellar work, that kind of formation matters: it supports the passage between scientific method and sensory judgment without losing discipline. As Chef de Cave of Champagne Thiénot, he occupies the point where house style is set, maintained, and adjusted cuvée by cuvée.

Today

Cuvée Brut sits at the center of the Thiénot style, and the language attached to it maps the work of the cellar itself: finesse, fruit, freshness, spring notes, magnificent balance, and a long finish. Those markers describe a wine built to stay composed while still moving on the palate, with structure kept in check and lift left intact. Thiénot Brut Blanc de Blancs carries a different weight within the house. It was conceived as a handover between two cellar masters, Laurent Fédou and Nicolas Uriel, and that relay is expressed through Chardonnay. The cuvée functions as both bottling and handoff: a formal way to carry continuity forward.

Signature

Nicolas's signature wines include Cuvée Brut and Cuvée Stanislas 2007. Together, they show the span of his cellar work: one as the clearest statement of house style, the other as a vintage with dedicated lineage and commemorative weight. In both, the point is restraint, definition, and the controlled shaping of texture and expression.

In Their Words “A cuvée that expresses, simply and cheerfully, the nobility of Chardonnay. A natural tribute to this wonderful grape variety, ambassador of freshness and finesse, the style of the House.”

Recognition

Cuvée Stanislas 2007 is a Chardonnay-based vintage Champagne dedicated by Alain Thiénot to his son Stanislas. That dedication places the wine inside the Thiénot family story while also underlining the role of Chardonnay in the house’s language of elegance and freshness.