The 14 hectares of vineyard bought from Leclerc Briant brings the estate's total biodynamic and organic space available for viticulture to 40 hectares, the Drinks Business reports.

Roederer began a trial of biodynamic Champagne back in 2000, and has continued to develop this particular side of the business.

Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon, chief winemaker at the Champagne house, revealed that the land is split between biodynamic and organic spaces.

However, the estate is not aiming to eventually produce certified biodynamic wines to be labelled as such. Instead, the project is about taking an experimental approach to the vineyard and the cellar in a bid to improve overall quality.

"Our goal is to learn more, and get a better, more expressive product," he told the publication.

The new vineyard space comprises land in the Premier Cru of Hautvillers and Cumieres. It has been used for biodynamic farming since 1970, but Pascal Leclerc converted the whole domaine to this practice after the 2000 harvest.

After Mr Leclerc's death in October 2010, the estate was broken up and sold off piece by piece, with Lanson-BCC taking 13 hectares back in January 2011.

Philippe Baijot, co-founder of Lanson-BCC, said at the time of the purchase that biodynamics may play a key role in the region's development.

"I think biodynamic Champagne will be important and it's a new challenge for us, but it's for the long term," he added.

Meanwhile, Champagne Roederer recently announced it had sold the Bordeaux estate Chateau Reaut to a consortium led by Yannick Evenou, managing director of Chateau La Dominique.

The new owners offered shares in the estate to interested parties via Facebook, with 4000 people staking €1,500 (£1,244) for part ownership of the vineyards.