Champagne Suenen

Champagne Suenen

Champagne Suenen

Suenen is a Récoltant-Manipulant from Cramant, one of the six Grand Cru villages of the Côte des Blancs and one of the great Chardonnay addresses in Champagne. Run by Aurélien Suenen, the house works parcel by parcel and focuses on Blanc de Blancs from old vines, 45 years on average. The style is uncompromisingly terroir-driven: pure precision, chalky minerality and a bone-dry, tension-filled expression.

Vignoble & Soil

The documented Oiry Blanc de Blancs comes parcel-pure from the Grand Cru site of Oiry, also on the Côte des Blancs. The chalky soils deliver the pronounced minerality that defines Suenen's champagnes; the average vine age of 45 years gives more root depth and extract.

Vinification

Suenen works with spontaneous fermentation, forgoes filtration and fining, and relies on a low dosage in the Extra Brut range (3 g/l). The aim: maximum terroir expression, pure clarity, reduction to the essential. The philosophy is artisanal; the wines show the terroir without mediation.

The Cuvées in Detail

Oiry Blanc de Blancs

Parcel-pure Grand Cru cuvée, 100% Chardonnay, base 2021, disgorged in November of the same year. Bone-dry at 3 g/l, extremely precise, with pronounced chalky minerality and a fine texture. Spontaneously fermented, unfiltered, unfined, plenty of depth, no compromise.

100% Chardonnay · 3 g/l (Extra Brut) · base 2021 · Grand Cru Oiry, old vines (avg. 45 years)

My Tastings

  • Oiry Blanc de Blancs (2021) · 24 February 2025

Facts

Field Value
Classification Récoltant-Manipulant (RM)
Address 12 Rue de la Croix Bertrand, 51190 Cramant
Location Cramant, Côte des Blancs
Cru status Grand Cru
Other site Oiry (Grand Cru)
Management Aurélien Suenen
Grape varieties 100% Chardonnay
Vinification Spontaneous fermentation, unfiltered, unfined
Dosage range Extra Brut (3 g/l)
Website champagne-suenen.fr
Instagram @suenenchampagne
Phone +33 (0)3 26 57 54 94
E-mail aurelien@champagne-suenen.fr

Sources for this portrait: maison website, personal tastings, CRM data and cross-checks. "Oiry" is a site and a cuvée; the seat of the house is Cramant. Fields without sufficient verification remain open.

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