Winery

Amaury Beaufort

Amaury Beaufort breaks with the conventions of Champagne: radically biodynamic, uncompromisingly chemical-free and with a minimalist vinification process that is reduced to the essentials. In his "garden" in Polisy on the Cote des Bars, he presses vibrant grower champagnes from another planet.

Colour

Type

Wine Style

Price

Aroma

Grape

Character

CLASSY

Amaury Beaufort

Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature 2022

Fine & Layered

Vegetative

Fruity

Fine-meshed

110,00 €

146,67 €/L

FUNKY

Amaury Beaufort

De quoi te mêles tu? Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature 2022

Fine & Layered

Vegetative

Fruity

Complex

110,00 €

146,67 €/L

CLASSY

Amaury Beaufort

Le Jardinot Brut Nature 2021

Fine & Layered

Mineral

Fruity

Elegant

110,00 €

146,67 €/L

CLASSY

Amaury Beaufort

Rosé Assemblage Brut Nature 2015

Fine & Layered

Vegetative

Fruity

Fine-meshed, Complex

110,00 €

146,67 €/L

CLASSY

Amaury Beaufort

Rosé de Saignée Brut Nature 2022

Fine & Layered

Vegetative

Fruity

Elegant, fine-meshed

110,00 €

146,67 €/L

The story of a pioneer: Amaury Beaufort and biodynamics in Champagne

Amaury, grew up in Ambonnay and is the son of Jacques Beaufort, one of the first pioneers of organic and biodynamic cultivation in Champagne in the 1970s. Jacques was the second producer in Champagne to make his wines from 100% organic grapes in the 1970s. Since then, they have remained organic and added biodynamics.

Amaury took sustainable farming even further and stopped spraying sulphur and copper in the vineyards before leaving the family winery in 2018 to focus on farming his own one-hectare plot in Polisy and setting up his own winery.

A garden as a vineyard: Amaury Beaufort's revolutionary approach

His father Jacques bought three hectares of land in the village of Polisy on the Côte des Bar 50 years ago and kept it for his children. Amaury was given the plot in the middle of the three, which has the advantage of being surrounded by his siblings' plots and the forest at the top of the slope, protecting him from the neighbors' chemical farming.

As this is a Beaufort plot, the vines have never seen chemicals. The hillside parcel is planted 4/5 with Pinot Noir and 1/5 with Chardonnay. At the top of the slope, the vines are planted on Kimmeridgian marl, with Portland marl taking over as the altitude decreases. The parcel is not only visually impressive, but also unique in the way the vines are trained: Amaury no longer prunes the vines so that the roots can grow deeper. This increases the resilience of the vines in times of drought and ensures more complexity and energy in the wine.

Amaury's work begins and ends in the vineyard, which he affectionately refers to as his "garden". For him, vinification takes a back seat - it is more of a "hobby". Nevertheless, his work in the wine cellar is precise and well thought out: all still wines mature for two years in foudres, which promote the natural movement of the yeast. The second fermentation takes place exclusively with his own indigenous yeasts - a sophisticated approach that only a few producers in Champagne practice. No sulphur is added to any of the wines.