Champagne Agrapart & Fils

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Country of Origin: France
Location: Avize
People: Pascal & Fabrice Agrapart, Owners & Winemakers
Viticulture: Practicing Organic

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Located in Avize in the Côte des Blancs, the estate was founded by Arthur Agrapart in 1894. His grandson, Pierre began managing the estate after WWII. Pierre’s sons Pascal and Fabrice represent the fourth generation of the domaine. The brothers holistically farm and handcraft legendary wines from 60 plots spread over 12 hectares. They have long worked organically because they feel that it is what is best for the estate and resulting wines. Homemade, natural vineyard treatments and composts, as well as horse plowing select parcels, are family tradition and not current fashion. Fermentations are native with full malolactic and long aging on the lees in both steel tanks and large, neutral oak barrels.

The chalky soil terroirs of the Côte des Blancs in the heart of Champagne are well suited for giving freshness, elegance and finesse. Agrapart’s vineyards are in the Grand Cru villages of Avize, Cramant, Oger and Oiry and mostly planted to Chardonnay. The average vine age is over 40 years old with some of the Grand Cru vines over 65 years old. This makes for added complexity, vinosity, and of course, low yields and quantity. Agrapart is only imported to a handful of U.S. markets and allocations are very small. Agrapart wines were always known in France, but started becoming popular worldwide over the past 10 years.

Media Links
Vinography: Tasting One Man's Experience: The Champagnes of Agrapart et Fils
Scala Wine Blog: Champagne Agrapart - A Profile
ChampagneGuide.net: Agrapart & Fils Overview

Reviews

  • Agrapart & Fils NV '7 Crus' Extra Brut, Champagne AOC
    Vinous
    Rating: 91 (12/1/2017)
    Agrapart's NV Brut Blanc de Blancs 7 Crus 1er Cru is surprisingly open in this release, most likely a reflection of the 50% 2015 juice in the blend. Resonant, expressive and giving, the 7 Crus will be very easy to drink young. Lemon peel, flowers and chamomile flesh out in the glass, but it is the wine's ripe personality and suppleness that stand out most. What a pretty wine this is. I don't remember the 7 Crus ever being this radiant, even after the 10% Pinot was added to the blend a few years ago. Disgorged: June 2017. Dosage is 7 grams per liter.
  • Agrapart & Fils NV '7 Crus' Extra Brut, Champagne AOC
    The Wine Advocate
    Rating: 92 (8/30/2019)
    Agrapart's NV Brut 7 Crus now routinely includes some 10% Pinot Noir, and the latest rendition is based on the 2016 vintage, supplemented by fully 40% from 2015. This bottle was disgorged in May 2019 with seven grams per liter dosage. Offering up aromas of rips citrus fruit, yellow apples and white flowers, it's medium to full-bodied, satiny and vinous, with a comparatively open-knot, fleshy profile, concluding with a chalky and precise finish.