Champagne Etienne Sandrin A Travers Celles 2021

Name: Champagne Etienne Sandrin A Travers Celles 2021
Brand: Champagne Etienne Sandrin
SKU: 19313
Price: 76.0 GBP
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Champagne Etienne Sandrin A Travers Celles 2021

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Producer Champagne Etienne Sandrin

Country France

Region Côte des Bar, Champagne

ABV 12%

Tasting Notes

White Peach, Citrus Blossom, Red Apple and Limestone

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More About Champagne Etienne Sandrin A Travers Celles 2021

Champagne Etienne Sandrin “À Travers Celles” 2021 is a biodynamic grower Champagne from the Côte des Bar village of Celles-sur-Ource, made by Etienne and Anne Sandrin from a blend of 80 % Pinot Noir and 20 % Pinot Blanc sourced from three parcels that literally span the village (“à travers Celles”).

It’s vinified with minimal intervention, wild fermentation and élevage in stainless steel followed by extended lees ageing (typically over two years) before disgorgement, and finished at zero or very low dosage, giving it a pure, crystalline expression of its chalky-limestone and clay terroir.

On the nose and palate this 2021 vintage shows bright orchard and yellow fruit (like peach and apple) with floral lift, vivid acidity and citrus-tinged minerality, delivered in a refined, energetic Extra Brut style that works beautifully as an aperitif or alongside seafood and light cuisine.

Meet the Producer, Champagne Etienne Sandrin

Champagne Etienne Sandrin

Style: Winery

Champagne Étienne Sandrin feels like the kind of producer wine obsessives discover once and then immediately start telling everybody about before the rest of the world catches on. Based in the Côte des Bar, the estate focuses on small-scale, low-intervention Champagne built around single vineyards and proper farming rather than polished luxury image.

The Côte des Bar sits in the southern part of Champagne and behaves quite differently from the more famous northern villages. The soils are more Burgundian, Pinot Noir thrives here, and the wines often carry a little more fruit generosity and texture alongside all the classic Champagne freshness.

Étienne Sandrin farms organically and works with minimal intervention in the cellar, producing wines that feel incredibly pure and site-specific. These are not aggressively manipulated “house style” Champagnes designed to taste identical every year. They taste like vineyards, seasons and careful decisions made by actual humans.

The wines themselves are wonderfully precise. Bright orchard fruit, citrus, chalk, herbs and gentle savoury complexity all woven together with really fine mousse and freshness. There’s a calm confidence to them. Nothing flashy or oversized, just beautifully balanced Champagne with loads of quiet detail underneath.

What makes the house especially appealing is how focused everything feels. Small production, single-vineyard thinking and a clear respect for the land rather than endless expansion projects. The wines feel thoughtful rather than manufactured.

Also, once you start drinking good Côte des Bar Champagne, you inevitably begin wondering why more people aren’t talking about it constantly. Then you realise the growers are probably quite happy keeping it slightly under the radar.