Pertois-Lebrun

Editorial profile

Champagne Pertois-Lebrun is a family grower based in Cramant, in the Côte des Blancs. The domaine was created in 1955 by Paul Pertois and Françoise Lebrun, bringing together two family winegrowing lines. Since 2013, brothers Clément and Antoine Bouret have managed the estate.

The current vineyard covers 9.70 hectares. Holdings lie principally in the Grand Cru villages of Cramant, Chouilly, Oiry, Oger and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, with additional Premier Cru parcels in Cuis and Villeneuve. The current Champagne range is focused on Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs, but that commercial positioning does not erase the estate's Premier Cru vineyard holdings.

Why this producer matters

Pertois-Lebrun is a good example of why vineyard geography and commercial range positioning must be modelled separately. The family farms both Grand Cru and Premier Cru land, yet its current Champagne proposition concentrates on Grand Cru Chardonnay.

The range becomes increasingly specific as it moves from broader Blanc de Blancs releases toward numbered, vintage parcel wines. Organic certification adds a current farming context without changing that need for exact bottle-level provenance.

Organic certification and terroir

Champagne de Vignerons records the vineyard entering organic conversion in July 2020 and also lists Viticulture Durable en Champagne (VDC).

The current Ecocert public register now records an active Organic Agriculture Europe certification under Regulation (EU) 2018/848. July 2020 is therefore retained as the beginning of conversion, while the current register establishes present organic certification without inventing an exact certification-achievement date.

The estate's Chardonnay focus is spread across several Côte des Blancs villages, allowing parcel and vintage bottlings to narrow the geographical lens beyond a generic Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs identity.

Current and meaningful cuvées

L'Extravertie is a current Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut and provides one of the clearest entry points into the estate's Grand Cru Chardonnay identity.

L'Ambitieuse is also a Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut. An older indexed technical sheet documents Chardonnay from Chouilly and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger with a perpetual-reserve component, but base-year and technical details remain tied to that release rather than treated as permanent.

Derrière le Mont Aigu N°14 2014 is a numbered vintage Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut. The number and 2014 vintage form part of the exact identity.

Les Chétillons N°14 2014 is likewise a numbered vintage Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut and must be handled as an exact parcel/vintage release rather than a generic continuing formula.

Future parcel or vintage editions should retain their own number, vintage, dosage, bottling and disgorgement data instead of inheriting the 2014 specifications.

Champagne.co analysis

Pertois-Lebrun is best understood as a multi-village Chardonnay estate that uses the commercial range to narrow toward Grand Cru and parcel specificity. L'Extravertie and L'Ambitieuse establish the broader Blanc de Blancs framework, while the numbered wines make exact site and vintage increasingly important.

The current organic certification strengthens the contemporary vineyard story, but it should not be confused with the range hierarchy. Farming status, village classification and bottle identity are separate pieces of the same estate picture.

Buying guidance

Start with L'Extravertie or L'Ambitieuse for the broader Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs style. Choose between them by the exact current release details rather than assuming older reserve-wine specifications apply unchanged.

Move to Derrière le Mont Aigu or Les Chétillons when parcel and vintage identity are the priority. For those wines, the number and year are essential purchase information, especially if later editions appear alongside the 2014 releases.