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Michel Loriot - Quality History



The Loriot family gave the first notes to the Champagne at the end of the 19th century with Leopold (who was born in 1867) and his wife Palmyre Angelina Maximy. Strong figure herself of the Champagne Loriot, she followed the lead of her forebear Mathurin Leboucq, wine grower in Nesle-le-Repons since 1675. A prelude in the heart of La Vallée de la Marne, where Leopold, saxophone player in the Festigny brass band, was the first one to set up a press in the village in 1903. This traditional press has been a symbolic centre piece in the Champagne Michel Loriot’s History. It gave rhythm to many of harvests and is still kept today in the House cellars.



Lo Champagne, The Evolution 



In the 1920s, the champagne vineyard faced a devastating phylloxera epidemic. Following advices from Burgundy, Leopold applied to his vine a stopgap process that is new in Champagne, the grafting.



Thus, several plots of Champagne Michel Loriot benefit from a process bearing fruits and previously unseen in Champagne: the music for plants also called "protéodie". Michel LORIOT applies this process to his vine to better resist to diseases and open up.



Indeed, Michel Loriot signs his wine with a selection of great classics. The most famous composers rock the bottled wines.



During two months, the bottle fermentation is made with the sound of the Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, or, Mozart, Brahms, Vivaldi or Elgar.



The notes arising from these melodies produced an emotion brought by the music and translated in the champagnes.



The Production - Heart and Passion



In the family wine farm, the passion for music and wine growing is shared by Martine and Michel Loriot, as well as Marie, their daughter, oenologist, and Alban, her husband, production manager.



The tenth generation of wine growers of the family is managing the wine farm.



In the house Champagne Michel Loriot, the work starts from the raw material’s growth and transformation to give clients an exceptional finish during tasting.



To have high quality grapes, Michel Loriot makes a "Grand Cru" pruning, which makes the vines more qualitative and forces them to draw in the soil with more strength.



Thanks to this method, the aromas, reflections of the terroir, are highly concentrated.



The clear wine tasting is a highlight for the Michel Loriot family. Supported by the knowledge and experience the company composes his next cuvées, as a true conductor.



The farm has its own machines and disgorging is made with complete independence.



This entire management, dear to Champagne Michel Loriot, guarantees the quality of champagnes.



The Music



Since 2010 all the bottles ageing on lees in our cellars are lulled by the sound of the great composers. And since 2012 we have been playing music in our vineyards to stimulate the natural resistance of the vines. Inherited my love of music from my great grandfather, my granfather and my father, all three of them were members of the village band. Germain, my grandfather, was born for music; he would have liked to make music his career, but his path was laid out for him in the vineyards.



His love of music never disappeared and i spent many an hour listening to him practice on the baritone saxophone; he taught me how to beat time and we used to listen to concerts on the radio together in the afternoon. The village band was disbanded in the 1950s and music lessons in the village stopped too. That’s one the reasons why i’ve never learned to play any instrument, but my grandfather’s spirit is still in me. I don’t just listen to music, i feel it; it gives me emotions and makes me resonate; it make me happy or sad.



Once, when i was in Switzerland in 2009, i was lucky enaough to visit a winery where the barrels were flooded with music. It took just a few words to convince me. My decision was made: "May champagnes are going to age to the sounds of music tool!"



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Champagne Apollonis


Michel Loriot - Quality History



The Loriot family gave the first notes to the Champagne at the end of the 19th century with Leopold (who was born in 1867) and his wife Palmyre Angelina Maximy. Strong figure herself of the Champagne Loriot, she followed the lead of her forebear Mathurin Leboucq, wine grower in Nesle-le-Repons since 1675. A prelude in the heart of La Vallée de la Marne, where Leopold, saxophone player in the Festigny brass band, was the first one to set up a press in the village in 1903. This traditional press has been a symbolic centre piece in the Champagne Michel Loriot’s History. It gave rhythm to many of harvests and is still kept today in the House cellars.



Lo Champagne, The Evolution 



In the 1920s, the champagne vineyard faced a devastating phylloxera epidemic. Following advices from Burgundy, Leopold applied to his vine a stopgap process that is new in Champagne, the grafting.



Thus, several plots of Champagne Michel Loriot benefit from a process bearing fruits and previously unseen in Champagne: the music for plants also called "protéodie". Michel LORIOT applies this process to his vine to better resist to diseases and open up.



Indeed, Michel Loriot signs his wine with a selection of great classics. The most famous composers rock the bottled wines.



During two months, the bottle fermentation is made with the sound of the Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, or, Mozart, Brahms, Vivaldi or Elgar.



The notes arising from these melodies produced an emotion brought by the music and translated in the champagnes.



The Production - Heart and Passion



In the family wine farm, the passion for music and wine growing is shared by Martine and Michel Loriot, as well as Marie, their daughter, oenologist, and Alban, her husband, production manager.



The tenth generation of wine growers of the family is managing the wine farm.



In the house Champagne Michel Loriot, the work starts from the raw material’s growth and transformation to give clients an exceptional finish during tasting.



To have high quality grapes, Michel Loriot makes a "Grand Cru" pruning, which makes the vines more qualitative and forces them to draw in the soil with more strength.



Thanks to this method, the aromas, reflections of the terroir, are highly concentrated.



The clear wine tasting is a highlight for the Michel Loriot family. Supported by the knowledge and experience the company composes his next cuvées, as a true conductor.



The farm has its own machines and disgorging is made with complete independence.



This entire management, dear to Champagne Michel Loriot, guarantees the quality of champagnes.



The Music



Since 2010 all the bottles ageing on lees in our cellars are lulled by the sound of the great composers. And since 2012 we have been playing music in our vineyards to stimulate the natural resistance of the vines. Inherited my love of music from my great grandfather, my granfather and my father, all three of them were members of the village band. Germain, my grandfather, was born for music; he would have liked to make music his career, but his path was laid out for him in the vineyards.



His love of music never disappeared and i spent many an hour listening to him practice on the baritone saxophone; he taught me how to beat time and we used to listen to concerts on the radio together in the afternoon. The village band was disbanded in the 1950s and music lessons in the village stopped too. That’s one the reasons why i’ve never learned to play any instrument, but my grandfather’s spirit is still in me. I don’t just listen to music, i feel it; it gives me emotions and makes me resonate; it make me happy or sad.



Once, when i was in Switzerland in 2009, i was lucky enaough to visit a winery where the barrels were flooded with music. It took just a few words to convince me. My decision was made: "May champagnes are going to age to the sounds of music tool!"



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