When Nicolas, ninth-generation Maillart, took the helm of the family Estate in 2003, he continued an almost 300-year-old family tradition of vine-growing in the Montagne de Reims. Founded in 1753, the current Estate is based in the Premier Cru village of Écueil, and Nicolas cultivates prized fruit from the well-established terroirs his ancestors selected, with vines exclusively in the Premier and Grand Cru villages of the Montagne de Reims.