Louis Brochet Les Chaillots 2019

Louis Brochet Les Chaillots 2019 is one of the estate’s clearest parcel wines and a particularly direct expression of its Pinot Noir centre of gravity. The 2019 release is 100% Pinot Noir from the Les Chaillots parcel in Écueil, planted in 1969 from massal selection. Production is small, with 1,800 numbered bottles listed for this release. Louis Brochet is a récoltant-manipulant based in Écueil Premier Cru on the Montagne de Reims. The family works 13 hectares divided among 50 parcels, with Pinot Noir accounting for roughly three-quarters of the vineyard. That gives Les Chaillots a natural place in the range: it is not simply a prestige step above the house blends, but a focused study of the grape and village that most strongly define the domaine. The 2019 release was vinified in oak barrels, underwent partial malolactic fermentation, carries 2 g/L dosage and spent more than three years on lees. Those details reinforce its position as a deliberately individual bottling rather than a variation on the core Brut Héritage. For buyers new to Louis Brochet, Brut Héritage remains the best introduction to the estate’s broader Pinot Noir-led style. Les Chaillots is the bottle to move to when the aim is specificity: one parcel, one grape and one vintage. It also makes an excellent comparison with the other Signature wines, particularly La Jacquessonne for Meunier and Les Plantes for Chardonnay. The vintage matters. These parcel wines are released in small quantities with release-specific cellar details, so Les Chaillots 2019 should be treated as the exact 2019 bottling rather than as a permanent technical formula. For collectors interested in grower Champagne from Écueil, this is a highly useful reference point: old-vine Pinot Noir from a named parcel, a clearly defined 2019 release, low dosage, barrel vinification and limited production. It captures the more precise, site-led side of Louis Brochet without losing the estate’s fundamental Pinot Noir identity.