Girard-Bonnet

Côte des Blancs

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Paul Girard's domaine burst onto the scene just a few years ago, when he took over family vines from both his mother and father, and started making the wines under his own label. He has already cemented his place in the league table of hot new things, with his enviable 12 hectares, the majority of which are divided between the two Grand Cru villages of Les Mesnil sur-Oger and Oger. He set out from the start with organic and biodynmaic aspirations, when he achieved in 2022 and 2023. He combines traditional tending in his historic vineyards with a high tech winery and cellar. The wines have texture and character in abundance. He's definitely one to watch.

N/V Au Bout du Chemin, Vertus 1er Cru, Girard-Bonnet (2021 Base, disgorged December 2023)
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This is Paul's premier cru Blanc de Blancs - a scintellatingly good entry point for his soaring portfolio.

Ready: 2025 - 2035

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N/V A Mi-Chemin, Grand Cru, Girard-Bonnet (2021 Base, disgorged February 2024)
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This was the first cuvée that Paul released, and is somewhat of a flagship for this young domaine. It is an equal split of Mesnil-sur-Oger and Oger fruit - drawing together the two sides of his family inheretance. Low dosage, and high quality Chardonnnay farmed with meticulous care make for a fragrant, precise and delicious Blanc de Blancs.

Ready: 2025 - 2035

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N/V Mon Village, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger Grand Cru, Girard-Bonnet (2021 Base, disgorged February 2024)
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This encapsulates the domaine's home village of Mesnil-sur-Oger. It is vinified in oak, and the blending in of some perpetual reserve gives depth and character. Paul describes it as a "full-bodied, mature Chardonnay" typical of this lauded village.

Ready: 2025 - 2035
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2018 Recueil Extrait No.1, Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs, Girard-Bonnet (Disgorged December 2023)
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Like A Mi-Chemin, this is also a 50/50 split of Mesnil-sur-Oger and Oger fruit, but instead of the result of blending, is the result of co-fermentation of the two plots in the same tank. The wine has an exxquisite harmony and length.

Ready: 2025 - 2035
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Clandestin

Côte des Blancs

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Clandestin is a joint venture by the young Benoît Doussot, who graduated from Beaune in just 2015, and Bertrant Gautherot of Vouette et Sorbée. Strictly speaking, it is technically a micro-négociant, but with all the detail and quality of a grower, with a very promising future. Having grown up, studied, and trained in Burgundy, Benoît is a dab hand at oak élevage. This young project has received praise from both fellow growers and critics alike. Watch this space.

N/V Les Semblables Austral, Brut Nature, Clandestin (2022 Base, disgorged September 2024)
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Les Semlables Boréal comes from various plots which share the common themes of Kimmeridgian limestone and North/West aspects. This Blanc de Noirs (100% Pinot Noir) is both juicy and vibrant with an energetic drive. Zero dosage keeps it brisk and razor-sharp.

Ready: 2025 - 2035

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2020 Les Grandes Lignes, Brut Nature, Clandestin (Disgorged November 2023)
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Les Grandes Lignes comes from the South-facing lieu dit of Sorbée in Buxières-sur-Arce, on Portlandian limestone soils, certified organic since 2015. 100% Chardonnay.

Ready: 2025 - 2035

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Pierre Gerbais

Côte des Blancs

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Pierre Gerbais is a name you'll want to note down. It's in the hands of talented young Aurélien Gerbais, whose wines are showing all the promise one would hope to find in a close neighbour and friend of Cédric Bouchard, whose pioneering work changed the way we think about low pressure, gentle wines from this southerly region of Champagne. Add to that his Burgundian philosophies, and his pursuit of the purity engendered in the wines of mentor and friend Olivier Lamy in St Aubin, and you'll soon realise these wines are not to be missed.

N/V Champ Viole, Extra Brut, Pierre Gerbais (Réserve Perpétuelle 2011-2020, disgorged April 2024)
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Ready: 2024 - 2033

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N/V Les Grandes Côtes, Extra Brut, Pierre Gerbais (Réserve Perpétuelle 2011-2020, disgorged April 2024)
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Ready: 2024 - 2033

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N/V Bochot, Extra Brut, Pierre Gerbais (Réserve Perpétuelle 2016-2020, disgorged April 2024)
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Guillaume Sergent

Montagne de Reims

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Guillaume Sergent is a rising star in the Grower Champagne circle, and definitely one to watch. With just 1.5 hectares of vines in the villages of Vrigny and Coulommes (Montage de Reims), he is able to lavish extreme attention to detail on his wines. He uses oak sensitively, and carries out vinification in 3-7 year old barrels, but resists long ageing in oak. This wine is unfined and unfiltered, and has spent a year and a half on its lees in bottle before disgorgement.

N/V Bossa Nova, Vrigny 1er Cru, Guillaume Sergent (2022 Base, disgorged July 2024) Dry | White | Sparkling | 13%

This is a Blanc de Noirs to get excited about. Guillaume Sergent caught our eye a few years ago, and everything we taste, we love. This premier cru is a blend of Champagne's two most celebrated black grapes: Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. Extra Brut, limited production, and delightful.

Ready: 2025 - 2035
£216.00
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N/V Le Chemin des Chappes, Extra Brut, Guillaume Sergent (2020 Base, disgorged July 2022)
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This wine is from a single premier cru parcel in Vrigny, where the vines were planted in the 1970s and 1980s. Unlike the Prés Dieu cuvée, this is a blend of Blanc de Noirs: a blend of Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. The sandy limestone soils of Vrigny give the wine detail and texture, and the Pinots give it power and depth. Dosage of just 1g/l; unfined and unfiltered.

Ready: 2024 - 2032

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N/V Les Près de Dieu 1er Cru, Guillaume Sergent (2022 Base, disgorged July 2024)
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This Blanc de Blancs is Guillaume's flagship cuvée. It's a blend of two premier cru vineyards: Les Prés in Vrigny, an East-facing vineyard on sandy soils, and Les Vignes Dieu, a South-facing parcel in Coulommes that has chalky soils. The 2022 base is creamy, precise and effortlessly elegant. Low dosage, unfined and unfiltered.

Ready: 2025 - 2035

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2018 Pataphysique, Vrigny Vieilles Vignes, Guillaume Sergent (Disgorged July 2024)
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This is a rare Blanc de Noirs vintage release from Guillaume, made from old Pinot Meunier vines grown in his home village of Vrigny. Structured, savoury, and very serious.

Ready: 2025 - 2035

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Laherte Frères

Vallée de la Marne

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Aurélien Laherte is the seventh generation of his family to grow vines in the village of Chavot-Courcourt, just to the south of Épernay in between the Côte des Blancs and Vallée de la Marne, in a sub-region known as Côteaux Sud d’Épernay. He and his family work 10 hectares across 75 parcels here, and his distinctive wines have earned him a strong following. Aurélien is one of a group of dynamic young growers, along with his friend Raphaël Bérèche, who are bent on natural methods and achieving exquisite terroir expression.

N/V Ultradition, Laherte Frères (2020 base vintage) (disgorged March 2023) Dry | White | Sparkling | 12.5%

Ultradition is the flagship wine of the estate, and showcases how well Pinot Meunier suits the clay-limestone soils in this part of Champagne. The bright floral nose makes this a brilliant aperitif Champagne, yet the smooth and balanced weight of the palate makes it equally well suited to food. Take your pick.

Ready: 2024 - 2030
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N/V Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature, Laherte Frères (Base 2021, disgorged March 2024) Dry | White | Sparkling | 13%

Laherte & Frères are based in Chavot-Courcourt just to the south of Epernay in an area that falls between the Côte des Blancs and Vallée de la Marne. In 2002 brothers Thierry and Christian, were joined by Thierry’s son Aurélien, who now heads the domaine and represents the seventh generation of the family to grow vines in the area. Aurélien is part of a dynamic young generation of vignerons making waves in Champagne, producing a fine array of terroir-driven champagnes and adopting a natural approach to viticulture. Aurélien makes this crowd-pleaser Blanc de Blancs from mid-slope vineyards in Chavot and Epernay where the vines average 35 years. Made with zero dosage, this is a dry and lively Blanc de Blancs that has aromas of orange peel, ginger, brioche and dried apple. It’s crisp and vibrant with a fine mousse. There is a lovely structure that comes from the clay and chalky soils, with great tension. 50% of the wine comes from the 2021 vintage (aged in a mix of foudres and barrels), with the remainder made up of barrel-aged reserve wines from 2019 and 2020. This helps give an extra richness and flesh to the wine with a good weight of fruit on the palate. Disgorged March 2024.

Ready: 2025 - 2033
£198.00
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N/V Rosé de Meunier, Laherte Frères (2021 Base, disgorged July 2024) Dry | Rosé | Sparkling | 12.5%

Drink to: 2030
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2018 Les Grandes Crayères, Blanc de Blancs, Laherte Frères (Disgorged January 2021) Dry | White | Sparkling | 12.5%

This is drawn from two West-facing chalky limestone sites, and produces a taut, chiselled expression. With no malo and zero dosage, it's nice to see this wine's expression in a warmer year like 2018. Taut but fullsome.

Ready: 2025 - 2035
£279.00
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Aurélien Suenen

Côte des Blancs

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Aurélien Suenen might be young, but making Champagne is already a second career for him - his first was as a professional basketball player. He is a disciple of both Pascal Agrapart and Anselme Selosse, whose advice has much bearing on this promising young grower in Cramant. He farms just 3 hectares across the Côte des Blancs Grand Gru villages of Chouilly, Oiry and Cramant. Aurélien's wines have already made a major impression on Grower Champagne followers, and are already incredibly hard to get hold of. He is one to watch.

N/V Oiry Grand Cru, Aurélien Suenen (2020 Base, disgorged December 2023)
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Aurélien is without a doubt one of the hottest tickets in town. This is based on 2020 vintage (50%), and has the incisive, delicate but steely preicison of limestone-driven Blanc de Blancs. Aurélien's wines have already made a major impression and have fast become hard to find. He is one to watch.

Ready: 2025 - 2035 Maximum quantity (6 bottles) limit apply

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N/V C+C, Grand Cru, Aurélien Suenen (2020 Base, disgorged December 2023)
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Dry | White | Sparkling | 13.5%

This comes from hillside plots in Cramant and Chouilly., where the deeper soils produce a slightly fleshier wine than in Oiry. It tends to be a wine once tasted, never forgotten.

Ready: 2025 - 2035 Maximum quantity (6 bottles) limit apply

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Domaine Léon

Côte des Blancs

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N/V Enchevêtrer, Blanc de Noirs, Domaine Léon (2021 Base, disgorged March 2024) Dry | White | Sparkling

This is Clément Robert's signature cuvée, which champions the rich fruit-driven style of Pinot Noir grown in the rich soils of the Côte des Bar. As is the way with grower champagnes, this richness is sliced through by zero dosage, zingy freshness and mineral drive.

Ready: 2025 - 2032
£240.00
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N/V Derrière l'Eglise, Blanc de Noirs, Domaine Léon (2021 Base, disgorged March 2024) Dry | White | Sparkling | 12%

Ready: 2025 - 2032
£270.00
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N/V La Grande Côte, Blanc de Blancs, Domaine Léon (2021 Base, disgorged March 2024) Dry | White | Sparkling | 12.5%

Ready: 2025 - 2032
£282.00
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Alexandre Lamblot

Montagne de Reims

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Alexandre is a young member of the grower set, with natural wine leanings. He comes frome ancient Champagne stock: his family date their winemaking origins back to the seventeenth century. He makes most of what he grows under his own label, but sells a little fruit to friends, like Pinot Meunier to Jérôme Prévost at La Closerie. Everything is small scale here: he farms just 3.5 hectares, and it's not an exaggeration to say he tends to every vine personally, concentrating on keeping yields low. His first release was only in 2019 (though the project, by necessity, had started many years before). Already he has garnered praise for his delicious wines.

Les Freres Mignon

Côte des Blancs

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N/V L'Aventure, 1er Cru Blanc de Blancs, Les Freres Mignon (2020 Base, disgorged October 2023) Dry | White | Sparkling | 12.5%

This is brothers Florent et Julien Mignon's flagship wine, drawn from a blend of parcels around the villages of Avize, Cramant and Cuis. It's a promising start from this new name on the roster.

Ready: 2025 - 2030
£234.00
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2019 Cumières 1er Cru, Les Freres Mignon (Disgorged February 2024) Dry | White | Sparkling | 12.5%

This seens brothers Florent et Julien Mignon flex their talent with a Pinot Noir dominated blend.

Ready: 2025 - 2032
£294.00
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2017 Avize Grand Cru, Les Freres Mignon (Disgorged November 2023) Dry | White | Sparkling

This vineyard was planted with massal-selection in 1968. Avize's chalky soils produce wines with tension and energy.

Ready: 2025 - 2035
£65.00
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