The champagne tradition of the family Tarlant from the little village Oeuilly goes a way back in time. The first wines date from 1687. With Mélanie, one of the new generation Tarlant, we visit the vineyard  where she explains us that the wine house experiments also with bio dynamic wine growing. This means that they decide to prune or to harvest by means of the position of the moon and stars. Afterwards they compare the results of bio dynamic with traditional wine growing.

In the Marne valley a lot of plots of the Tarlant family are wide spread; which produce several champagnes. We have luck when Benoît, the throne continuator of the family, a still too young bottle opens. We taste this young wine to compare it with a five years older one. The young wine exploded as bomb in my mouth. The minerals and even smoky flint is what I taste. In a word deliciously, why not sell this already? Benoît explains that when maturing the wine becomes more delicate. Absolutely, the older one is indeed delicious. This champagne, called Zero Brut Nature, is good stuff. Brut Nature is still drier than the ordinary Brut and in rise. Perhaps, you must get used to it, but is certainly worth the effort of tasting. Tarlant is a really must visit.

Visiting hours
Monday till Friday from 10.30 till 14.30.
In the weekend on appointment. To cost € 7, - p.p.