Our Tasting Note: 
Well you know us, we're not going to launch into an offer like this without a little motivation! We opened a bottle of L'Hommee last week and we were deeply satisfied with what we found from the top of the bottle to the bottom. Tremendously balanced and integrated, to the extent that it was almost difficult to parse out where the incisiveness of the Chardonnay ends and the richness of the Pinot Noir begins. Served a touch too cold to begin with, this is a wine that needs some warmth and time. We begin with rather shut aromas of homemade applesauce and brioche, but after 15 minutes the depth is appearing, with green apple, persimmon, and sweet green figs. At 30 minutes honey graham cracker comes through, and each sip really brings out wave after wave of peaks of lifted  Chardonnay acidity and troughs of richer fruit depth. Remarkably, both a crowd pleaser and a symphony of confident artistry. What else can you really ask for?

94 pts Vinous Media
Coulon's NV Extra Brut L'Hommee 1er Cru is gorgeous. Powerful and ample in the glass, with tremendous resonance, the L'Hommee dazzles with its energy and persistence. Orchard fruit, wild flowers and spice overtones take on shades of exoticism with time in the glass. L'Hommee is is a blend of Pinot Noir, Meunier (done in oak) and Chardonnay (done in steel) from Vrigny and Pargny. This latest release is just fabulous. Dosage is 3 grams per liter.

93 pts Wine Advocate
Based on the 2020 vintage and disgorged in November 2023 with a dosage of three grams per liter, the NV L'Hommée Premier Cru, a blend of 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir, blossoms in the glass with aromas of peach, yellow cherry plum and Golden Delicious apple mingled with subtle notes of candied quince, kumquat and fresh brioche. Medium- to full-bodied, broad and fleshy, it possesses a rich core of fruit framed by ripe yet racy acidity. Textural and harmonious, it concludes with a long, precise finish. (7/30/26, note that this review is a different disgorgement, but the most recent review for the wine.)

Grapes: Chardonnay (60%), Pinot Noir (40%)
ABV: 12%
Dosage: 3 g/l
Time on Lees: 5 years (60 months) sur lattes
1er Villages: Vrigny and Pargny in the Northern Montagne de Reims, 40-50 year-old-vines on Thanetian sands and white chalk with flint
Fermentation: Wine ferments spontaneously in 600L demi-muids (70-80%) and smaller 228L oak barrels (20-30%).
Malolactic Fermentation: Natural malolactic fermentation
Élevage: Wine ages for 10 months in 600-l demi muids, and (see above, 60 months on laths)
Press Wine: Cuvée from first pressing retained for Champagnes, Taille from second pressing sold off.