2024 vintage
Domaine Champignon
Burgundy, France · Winemaker: Marie Laurent · 42 members
What happened
The vintage, in five moments.
- Late April frost took 15% of the Chardonnay crop on the lower slope.
- Pick moved to September 14 after a nine-day heat wave in late August.
- Blend trial in May 2025 split 4-way — the Crew voted Lot 3 by a single vote.
- Bottled February 12, 2026 — 287 cases across the Pinot and Chardonnay cuvées.
- Marie sent every Crew member a handwritten card with the shipment.
The final wine
What we bottled.
The 2024 Champignon Pinot Noir came out lighter than Marie's 2023 — less weight, more lift. Red cherry, wet stone, a trace of spice from the whole-cluster fraction. The Chardonnay, what survived the frost, is tight and linear. Both are wines Marie says will benefit from three years in a cool room. The Crew got six bottles each at Vintner tier, twelve at Cellarmaster.
From the Crew
“I joined because I wanted to understand how a Burgundy actually gets made. By December I was texting my wife about malolactic fermentation like a person who had lost the plot. I'd do it again tomorrow.”
“The frost week was what sold me. Marie sent a video from the rows at 3am, candles lit, explaining what she was losing and what she was saving. I was watching a person fight for my wine.”