Place: Montagne de Reims - Champagne, FRA

Variety: Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay

Farming: Organic

Bérêche et Fils is now producing some of the most compelling wines in Champagne’s grower movement. One of the first growers to go organic back in 2003, the brothers grow intense, pure fruit across a variety of sites throughout the region. It's rich, toasty, yet fine-boned and extremely well balanced.

This cuvée has become synonymous with the kind of extreme quality that can today be expected from Champagne’s finest within the younger generation. The current release is based on the 2020 vintage and was disgorged in July 2023. Like its predecessor, the release comprises 65% fruit from the base vintage with the balance from the two previous years. The blend is split between 35% Pinot Noir from Montagne de Reims (specifically Ludes, Trépail and Ormes), 35% Chardonnay from sites across Montagne de Reims and Vallée de la Marne, and 30% Meunier from Mareuil-le-Port in Vallée de la Marne. The average vine age is 40 years.