Today, it is highly sought-after.
Here, in the far west of the appellation area, at the gateway to Seine-et-Marne, Pinot Meunier is highly prized. And it's this location, far from the Grand Crus, that could also explain its marginality. "We have some old plots. We love this grape variety, which took me many years to understand. We had to understand how it works, where it flourishes best and how fragile it is. What's more, it doesn't ripen in the same way as a chardonnay or a pinot noir," continues Jean-Marc Charpentier, who produces a single-varietal cuvée from parcels of land.