Georges VX

Martine and Éric view the vineyard as a living garden. Their approach is pragmatic and guided by a clear principle: to stay as close as possible to the terroir. Their plots stretch the entire length of the Pierry slope, on flint-rich clay soils over Cretaceous chalk from the Campanian. Meunier, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir grow here, each plot with its own character—and each wine is intended to be its faithful echo.

The same restraint applies in the cellar: vinification at low temperatures, depending on the cuvée in stainless steel, oak barrel, or raw concrete tank, without cold stabilization and with a deliberately low dosage. Each cuvée is produced in a small, numbered edition.

This is how champagnes with identity are created, precise and without artifice—wines for connoisseurs, made to be shared and for authentic moments.

The story of this Champagne is one of passion and family legacy.

Martine runs a 2-hectare estate located entirely within the terroir of Pierry, south of Épernay. As a sixth-generation winemaker, she carries on the family tradition. Her father, Guy, was a Récoltant-Manipulant; the family business ceased operations in the late 1990s following his early death. At that time, Martine took over part of the estate and became a Récoltante-Coopératrice within the Pierry cooperative.

Her husband Éric, on the other hand, comes from the agricultural industry and is driven by a deep passion for wine. He worked for fifteen years as a cellar master at a small Champagne négociant house. It was a formative experience that sharpened his perspective and standards.

In 2018, Martine and Éric decided to give their vision of Champagne new momentum. Their goal: to place common sense back at the heart of their craft—both in the vineyard and in winemaking.

Georges was Martine’s paternal grandfather, a winemaker who passed away at the age of 32. By using his first name, Martine and Éric bring him into the present as a link between the generations. The “VX” is not a Roman numeral, but a graphic abbreviation of the name Vollereaux, a family name deeply rooted in the Champagne region. “We could have simply chosen the letter V, but that probably would have been a bit too presumptuous,” Éric says with a wink.