Lacourte-Godbillon

Géraldine Lacourte and Richard Desvignes took over her family's domaine in Écueil in 2007, left the co-op in 2012, and have spent the years since building, layer by layer, one of the most serious estates in the Montagne de Reims. Biodynamic-certified vines, gravity-flow cellar, and tirage-sur-liège (cork-aging vs crown-cap), the details accumulate in one direction. Their eight hectares span some 50 parcels and are farmed with a level of restraint that is eye-opening even by the standards of ambitious growers, yielding barely half of what Champagne permits. Lacourte-Godbillon presents a compelling range designed to showcase the surprisingly myriad possibilities of its Premier Cru sites. The house style might be described as extroverted, reveling in generous fruit endowment, while still framed with a tensile and refined character.

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Producer:	Lacourte-Godbillon
Country:	France
Region:	Champagne
Subregion:	Montage de Reims
City of Origin:	Ecueil, Sacy, Villedommange, Jouy Les Reims, Trigny, Prouilly et Chenay
Date Founded:	1947
Owner Name:	Géraldine Lacourte and Richard Desvignes
Vineyard Size:	8
Total Annual Production:	65,000 bottles/year

Property History:

My grand-parents produced the first bottles in 1947: Lacourte-Labassé (my dad's side) and Godbillon-Marié (my mom's side). before, the previous generations sold their grapes to the big houses. 1968: My parents started their own brand with Lacourte-Godbillon combining the 2 vineyards in Ecueil, they retired in 2007.

Owner History:

2008: Richard and I took over the family Domaine after 1 year at school in Avize. we both worked before in international companies (Richard in the printing industry and myself in the glass industry in Germany). we decided to take up the challenge and continue and develop the family domaine. Main evolution: - 2012: we left the coop in the village to become 100% independant and able to control the whole process - 2017: start of the organic conversion - 2020: First organic certified harvest - 2019: start of the biodynamic conversion we work exclusively with our own grapes (no purchase) we manage the work in the vineyard with our team only (no external people hiring except for harvest) our philosophy: the best wine comes from the best grapes. our priority is the work in the vineyard, protecting the soil and developping the biodiversity (sheep,trees, fruit trees, birdnest...)