Tasting Notes
This one replaces two wines Brochet used to bottle separately, the old Hauts Chardonnays and Hauts Meuniers, now brought together into a single cuvée. The fruit comes off the very top of the slope at Le Mont Benoit, vines planted in 1962 from massal selection with only 30 centimetres of soil sitting over the chalk. Chardonnay brings the acid spine and Meunier the fruit and the charm. Disgorged with no dosage added, yellow apple and grapefruit zest with brioche behind, chalky and searingly saline. - Pete L
Emmanuel Brochet hails from the Villers-aux-Noeuds village south of the city of Reims. He farms 2.5 hectares of vines, all located in a single parcel, and planted with all three major varieties with the oldest vines dating back to 1962. The vineyard was converted to organic viticulture starting with the 2008 vintage, which he does more out of respect for the land than something he necessarily believes results in better wine.
| Product Type | Wine Sparkling Champagne |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne |
| Sub Region | Montagne de Reims |
| Winemaking Practices | Minimal Intervention |
| Vineyard Practices | Organic/Biodynamic |