Roger Manceaux Patrimoine 2014

Patrimoine 2014 sits among the more release-specific wines in the Roger Manceaux range and has a particularly clear technical identity. The bottle is a Grand Cru Extra Brut from the 2014 harvest, with a blend of 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay. That Pinot Noir majority fits the estate naturally. Roger Manceaux is a five-generation family grower based in Rilly-la-Montagne, farming 12 hectares across Premier Cru and Grand Cru villages. Pinot Noir is the largest share of the vineyard, with Chardonnay and Meunier providing the balance. The domaine’s broader range makes Patrimoine easy to place. Cuvée de Réserve is the natural house benchmark, while Nature Zéro Dosage offers a no-dosage comparison within a broader varietal structure. The dedicated Meunier, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir wines then allow the estate to be read grape by grape. Patrimoine 2014 moves in a different direction. It combines two grapes, keeps the vintage central and sits firmly on the Grand Cru side of the estate’s portfolio. The Extra Brut designation adds another layer of specificity without requiring the buyer to move into a single-variety bottling. For someone choosing within Roger Manceaux, this is therefore the bottle to consider when vintage, Grand Cru sourcing and a Pinot Noir-led blend are the main attractions. Millésime and Héritage offer other dated expressions, but Patrimoine 2014 has its own exact 60/40 structure. The proposition is unusually straightforward: vintage 2014, Grand Cru, Extra Brut, 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay. Those facts give Patrimoine a defined position within a domaine whose wider range spans all three principal Champagne grapes and both Premier Cru and Grand Cru origins.