Located in the heart of the Grande Vallée de la Marne, our 10-hectare vineyard is mainly spread across three villages: Avenay-Val-d’Or, Mutigny, and Bisseuil, all classified as Premier Cru.
The estate also owns parcels in the Aube, in Champignol-lez-Mondeville, adding an extra diversity of soils and exposures.
These exceptional terroirs, renowned for the quality of their soils and their orientation, provide the grapes with remarkable expression, contributing to the finesse and balance of William Saintot champagnes.
Predominantly planted with Pinot Noir (85%), Chardonnay (10%), and Meunier (4%), the vineyard also includes a very small proportion of Arbane and Petit Meslier (1%), two of the four “forgotten” grape varieties. These varieties, which struggled to ripen in our region before climate change, bring vibrancy and a genuine freshness to the wines.
Each village has its own terroir. Avenay Val d'Or is hilly and has Southeast to Southwest exposure. Its soils are silty, clayey, and deep in fragmented chalk. The result is Pinot viney.
Our vines planted on Bisseuil give, they, wines of beautiful freshness with an interesting minerality bring not these clay lands of medium depth with a more compact chalk while the terroir of Mutigny brings, through its silts, a little lightness.
For us, the vines must be reintegrated into the heart of the surrounding landscape. Soils must live, breathe, and shelter a rich and abundant biodiversity. They are therefore regularly charred. The vines are grassed, trees and hedges have also been replanted. Our chardonnay plots will be in Organic Cultivation from the harvest 2022 which represents nearly 1ha, the rest of the vineyard also complies with the AB specifications but cannot be converted because some plots too far from our areas are treated in a conventional way by our service providers.
More recently, we tried an organic treatment by Drone on one of our plots of Avenay Val d'Or.
