N. Potie

N. Potié is a grower champagne from Condé-sur-Marne in the Marne département. The estate is at 6 Rue de Reims. The village lies upstream from Épernay and Tours-sur-Marne and has a Romanesque church from the 12th century with a sugarloaf tower.

A family estate of more than 5 hectares

The Hachette wine guide describes a traditional family estate founded in 1959 and covering more than 5 hectares. The company Champagne N. Potie is registered as an SARL, with a founding date of 1 November 1991. Noël Potié is considered the founder or namesake. This is only documented through a business directory in which he is listed as manager. The commercial register entries mention a cessation d'activité and the dissolution of the company. It is therefore worth checking briefly before a visit in what form the estate operates today.

Cuvées and grape varieties

The estate grows Chardonnay and Pinot noir. The Hachette wine guide lists the following cuvées:

• Tradition: it owes almost everything to Chardonnay (80 per cent). 20,000 bottles of this cuvée were made, and it was aged in tank.
• Le Grand Condé Prestige d'or: another cuvée, which the guide reviews in 2005.
• Cuvée spéciale 98: Chardonnay and Pinot noir are evenly balanced. The aromas recall almond, honey and brioche.

We have no documented information on the growing methods, such as organic viticulture or the use of oak barrels.

Visit and tasting

The family estate takes you through the press house, the fermentation cellar and the wine cellar. The visit ends with a tasting. The shop sells regional products, including mustard, vinegar, snails, terrines, foie gras, single malt and pink biscuits.

According to champagne.fr, the estate is open Monday to Friday from 9 am to 12 noon and from 2 pm to 5 pm, and on Saturdays from 10 am to 12 noon and from 2 pm to 4 pm. Saturdays by reservation only. Open days take place on the second weekend of December and the third weekend of June. We are not aware of a website of the grower's own. The email address given is contact@champagnepotie.fr.