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A champagne producer for 5 generations in Étoges, Domaine Verrier & Fils is located on the slopes of Petit-Morin on the famous Côte des Blancs, and covers 5 hectares with an annual production of around 30,000 bottles. Most of the grapes are meunier. We'd like to share with you our 4 favorite cuvées: Brut Ismérie (100% chardonnay), Brut Rosé (blended rosé), Cuvée Fleuron (90% chardonnay, 10% pinot noir) and Cuvée Pinot Noir (100%), which are sure to enhance your little moments of grace, joy and relaxation!

Spreading the taste of the real thing.For the Borel-Lucas family, champagne production has always been a family affair. Founded in 1929 by Marcel Lucas, the house readily shares its taste for meticulousness and its goldsmith's expertise. Cuvée Munificience, a 100% pinot noir with a flattering nose, embodies these values to perfection. Generous and gourmet, with aromas of dried fruit and orange marmalade, the sensory journey lives up to its promise. The other wines have nothing to envy it, especially the Cuvée Soleil d'Or Grand Cru.

The prestigious Maison Pierre is located in the village of Mesnil-sur-Oger, and today farms just over 18 hectares of Chardonnay in some of the finest crus. Discover the special cuvée "Les Chétillons", the estate's most representative wine. This racy, mineral 2006 vintage has won rave reviews from the press: Bettane & Dessauve, 17.5/20; Vinous (Antonio Galloni), 95 points; (Richard Juhlin), 93 points; Wine Advocate (D. Shilknecht), 94 points; Wine Spectator, 93 points; IWC (S. Tanzer), 94 points. A marvel!

At the heart of this house, founded in 1872, expertise has been handed down from father to son and daughter for 8 generations. Today, Séverine and Caroline Launois continue the adventure, producing a fine range of champagnes. A particular favorite is the oeil de Perdrix cuvée, with its spicy nose and complex mouthfeel. Their website also showcases the finest nearby monuments: an enchanting château and an educational museum. The estate also offers harvest days.

Michèle and Delphine welcome you in all simplicity to the Maison Cazals which was the country house of Léon Bourgeois, former President of the Council, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1920. During the visit, which lasts about 2 hours, this pair will tell you the history of this house since its foundation in 1897. The tasting takes place in the living room or in the garden in Oger when the weather permits. You will discover Bulles de Craie, Carte Or Grand Cru, Années Folles, Rosée, Vive Grand Cru, Millésime, Rosé XV, the Chapelle du Clos and the Clos Cazals.

For three generations now, this fine domaine has been producing Grands Crus Blanc de Blancs champagnes in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. A warm welcome awaits you, and the team takes great pleasure in sharing their passion for the craft with you. You'll also discover the secrets behind the making of vin des rois. At the end of the visit, you'll have the chance to taste their wines. You'll love the Cuvée Millésimée Grand Cru and the Cuvée Symphonie Grand Cru.

Champagne Philippe Gonet is one of the finest estates on the Côte des Blancs. Now it's Chantal and Pierre Gonet's turn to breathe their vision into it: to relentlessly explore all the nuances and minerality of their favorite terroir: Mesnil-sur-Oger. The 4.5-hectare vineyard is cultivated responsibly. The Roy Soleil Grand Cru (aged 6 months in oak barrels) and Extra-Brut 3210 are two signature wines, offering freshness and length worthy of the greatest champagnes.

This 15 hectare vineyard is mainly made up of vines located on the Côte des Blancs, in the crus of Mesnil-sur-Oger, Oger, Sézanne, Glannes, Mancy and Cuis. The selection of the best plots of land allows us to elaborate champagnes of character where the typicity of each terroir is expressed. The culture is done in reasoned viticulture, with ageing in cellar from 2 to 8 years. The estate produces 130,000 bottles per year, most of which are sold abroad.

This reputed house offers a high level of craftsmanship and an exemplary quality/price ratio on all its vintages. In the heart of the Côte des Blancs, this family makes superb Chardonnays. The vineyard covers about 20 hectares, 15 of which are Grand Cru. A permanent research of maturity and balance of the wines is the watchword of the house, first by a rigorous selection of the grapes. The very recent and modern winery allows for a meticulous and optimal follow-up of the wines from the harvest to the bottling.

Jean-Pierre and his son Julien work a beautiful "Grand Cru" classified vineyard in Mesnil-sur-Oger. Julien and his wife Sarah have made a historic turn by becoming harvesters and handlers in a family that was originally a cooperative. For them, there is no compromise with quality, champagne is a timeless luxury product that they have to elaborate from the very beginning of the harvest to the decoration of their 4 exceptional vintages.

Founded in 1937, this cooperative is nestled in the heart of the Côte des Blancs, where Chardonnay flourishes. The brand's east-facing terroir allows this white grape to express one of its finest facets. The range comprises 8 wines and a ratafia. Our favorite is Le Mesnil cuvée Héritage, which will take you on a journey through the history of its terroir to reveal all its nuances. This Blanc de Blancs (100% Chardonnay) Grand Cru "heptalésimé" is measured in extra brut. Multi-primed, this limited edition is perfect with lobster!

There are champagne houses like that, which evolve without losing their way or becoming discredited. This is the case of the Vergnon house, a small property of 5 hectares, which has been cultivating its chardonnay in grand cru for five generations now and which, under the impulse of Didier and Brigitte, the children of the family, and the oenologist Christophe Constant, produces a quality champagne, scrupulous and generous. Favored by a beautiful exposure and planted in an ideal terroir, the grapes bring to the different cuvées all their specificity.

Salon champagne is considered one of the greatest champagnes in the world and it is also one of the rarest with only 37 cuvées in 100 years! More affordable, the Delamotte champagne is also of great interest: the Blanc de Blancs cuvée, the stylish signature of the house, the Brut cuvée, an elegant and round champagne, with a generous length, the vintage Blanc de Blancs cuvée (currently 2014) and the Rosé cuvée, a very nice work in the finesse and fruit.

The Champagne house Henry de Vaugency is installed in Oger since 1732. This vineyard uses only the chardonnay grand cru classé grape variety for the elaboration of its champagnes. We will quote: the cuvée Carte Noire (grand cru) aged three years in cellar with its brilliant and clear dress or the cuvée Sélection (grand cru) aged five years in cellar with its golden dress tending to the yellow straw. Nice visits as well as good tastings to do.

Located in Oger, this 3-hectare estate has passed through 15 generations since it was founded in 1640. Bruno and his son Laurent now manage this discreet estate, which is committed to organic farming. Old Chardonnay vines and barrel ageing enable them to produce a range of 6 full-bodied, powerful and dense champagnes: the House's emblematic Brut Original, the Réserve Orpair (a pluri-parcelaire from Oger), the Ordage (perpetual reserve), as well as the Millésimes Rossignol and Les Rossignols. Like the packaging, the wines are meticulously crafted.

Aude Vauban and Carla Bonnet welcome you to their estate in Oger, a terroir located in the heart of the Côte des Blancs. Aude and Carla, harvesters and handlers, have chosen to cultivate the estate exclusively with Chardonnay and are committed to a sustainable culture on this chalky and particularly well exposed soil. The heiresses of an ancestral know-how give life to 100% chardonnay champagnes of pure finesse and elegance. Each cuvée expresses a beautiful aromatic expression and will sublimate all your moments of pleasure.

Since 1864, the Jean Milan house, classified among the 17 Grand Crus of the Champagne region, has been producing 100% Chardonnay champagnes from the grapes of Oger. In the heart of the Côte des Blancs, discover the elegance of an elegant, lively and fresh champagne and share your events around a Grand Cru. The editors' favorite is the Brut Grande Réserve 1864 aged in oak barrels and its cork tied by hand according to the ancestral know-how... Emotional champagnes to uncork to celebrate your small moments and your great victories!

Located in Oger, the Chapuis vineyard is an 8-hectare family business that has been in operation since 1952. Today, it's run by Arnold and his two daughters. Each year, the winery produces wines of the highest quality, such as this rich, complex vintage Blanc de Blancs, with notes of roasted coffee and toast. For more finesse, try the Cuvée Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs, with a sugar content of 5 g/l, a supple wine with character. An address well worth the detour, believe us!

Founded in 1967, the house is housed in a former farmhouse. The tailor-made tour by the owner-growers can be adapted to your wishes and level of knowledge. On tasting, Maurice Dugay & Comte de Montgivroux champagnes reveal themselves to be flamboyant. The 2009 vintage and the 100% Chardonnay Cuvée Spéciale melt in our mouths. And what can we say about their ratafia or their vieille fine de la Marne? Nothing but divine! These little jewels will enhance your aperitifs with accents of terroir and good humor. Cheers!

This champagne is the result of the work done by disabled people in the vineyard. Located in the Champagne vineyards, the E.S.A.T. (Etablissement et Services d'Aide par le Travail) of Sézanne has focused part of its activity on the work of the vine and the wine of Champagne. The range consists of a Brut and a Rosé, with a high proportion of reserve wines (about 45%) which guarantees a constant quality. The Brut is an elegant accompaniment to savory dishes or a convivial aperitif. The Rosé will reveal itself with dishes of character.

Carol Duval-Leroy is part of the very restricted circle of "champagne women". Set in Virtues, she took over this family home following the brutal death of her husband in 1991 and was able to give her an example of finesse and elegance. Without ever resting on his laurels, Carole had to learn to master the work of the vine, whose specific foundations she knew. She driving the house among the greatest names and made Champagne Duval-Leroy a reference. It was in 2000, with the help of its cellar chef, Sandrine Logette Jardin, that it markets the "Lady de Champagne", an alliance of the best chardonnays and the roundness of Pinot Noir, a champagne in the image of this woman to which we give freshness, liveliness and prestige.

Located in Blancs-Coteaux, Champagne Doyard-Mahé, housed in an old mill where straw was once made to protect bottles, immerses you in the winegrowing tradition. Carole and Juliette warmly welcome you for a tasting session, complete with anecdotes about the origins of the house, including a grandfather who co-founded the CIVC. A visit to the candlelit cellar and flower-filled garden in fine weather is a journey back in time, an activity that will make you appreciate the authenticity of the Champagne terroir. A place steeped in history, it's sure to delight champagne lovers.

After a visit to this gourmet grocery store, you'll leave with 27 baskets of all kinds of goodies. Here, you will find the best of the region's products: local wines, artisanal beers, baskets of local vegetables, sweet and savory groceries, but also household products, cosmetics, in short, everything you might need. Are you having friends over for dinner? Think of the aperitif board! To be reserved the day before for the next day, 27 baskets will concoct for you a board richly filled with cheeses and homemade charcuterie.

In Vertus, in the heart of the Marne, in an exceptional wine region known as the "Côte des Blancs", lies the 23-hectare family vineyard, now managed by Michel Maillard.

At harvest time, the opulent Chardonnays proudly emerge from the south/south-east exposure and unique chalky soil. A house style handed down from father to son, an ancestral know-how and very high quality grapes contribute to the elaboration of champagnes with a unique minerality and freshness.

As true enthusiasts, Michel Maillard and his son shape their wines to arouse emotion, because the work of a winegrower means knowing how to sublimate the aromas and bowing down when Nature has worked well. An art of living and dreaming that can be found in every bubble!

A beautiful range of exceptional wines to discover: Cuvée Gregory^1er Cru, Cuvée Rose Alexia^1er Cru, Cuvée Prestige 2010, Cuvée Mont Vergon 2005-2006-2008-2010, L'Oger 2004 or 2007 Grand Cru, Cuvée Blanc de Noirs 2011.

In the wine library, the Cuvée Gregory is available in several years (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005). The Blanc de Blancs version is also available in 2001. Cuvée Prestige Millésime 2009 and La Justice 1999.

Cuvée du Fondateur: The jewel of the House, made from Chardonnays dating back to 1982, as well as a Ratafia.

The estate also owns:

The magnificent 19th centuryChâteau de Saint-Mard, only 7 minutes from Vertus. An idyllic setting that can be privatized (21, rue de Champagne - 51130 Saint-Mard-lès-Rouffy).

A contemporary, design and cosy space with 2 junior suites with all the comforts to stay in the region in complete peace of mind. [email protected]

Here, we have been winegrowers since 1677 and harvesting and handling for 4 generations. The wines produced on this estate have the particularity of being partially or totally vinified in oak barrels. It is possible to visit all the installations: the press, the vats, the cellar, the cellar, of course, and to discover the different tasks that the winegrower must accomplish in the cultivation of the grape and the elaboration of the champagne: pruning, the lierie, disbudding, trellising, trimming, harvesting, racking, blending, etc. Since 2010, Doyard Champagne has been part of an association called Les Artisans du Champagne, which brings together 16 Champagne winegrowers and craftsmen. Six different vintages are available as well as an excellent ratafia:

Cuvée Vendémiaire brut Premier cru: 4 years of ageing. Chardonnay grape variety (white grapes) 100% exclusively from the Côte des Blancs.

Cuvée Vendémiaire extra-brut Premier cru: 6 years of ageing. Chardonnay grape variety (white grapes) 100% exclusively from the Côte des Blancs.

La Libertine: more than 12 years of ageing. The objective of this cuvée was to get closer to the taste characteristics of sparkling Champagne wines from the early 18th century. Libertine is unique and does not come close to any current champagne.

oeil de Perdrix Grand Cru: this cuvée takes its name from ancient times (18th and early 19th centuries) when the impossibility of artificially "bleaching" the juices of the black grapes led to the production of a Champagne with a colour tainted by an "eye". This one referred to a champagne slightly tinted with pink, like a partridge eye. Origin of the grapes: Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs and Pinot Noir from Aÿ.

Clos de l'Abbaye Millésime Premier cru 2012: Clos de l'Abbaye comes from a half hectare plot of chardonnay, isolated and planted in 1956. Its location and its very calcareous soil give it a very early ripening period. Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay.

Blanc de Blancs 2009 Grand cru: 2009 vintage. Chardonnay grape variety 100% Grands Crus (Mesnil, Oger, Avize, Cramant).

Ratafia: this one is aged 18 months in barrels.

The brand name comes from Élise Guyot, who founded the estate in 1920, and whose descendants used the name eight decades later. The Guyot family were keen to pay tribute to their ancestress with the Les Vertus d'Élise range. Naturally, Chardonnay and Blanc de Blancs stand out here, with 85% Chardonnay and a number of emblematic cuvées such as Cuvée Élise, in Premier Cru.

Founded in 1918, this fine champagne brand now supplies the Sorbonne, the Faculty of Medicine in Paris and the Faculty of Law in Malakoff, as well as Paris City Hall and French embassies abroad. Every year, individuals and tourists alike flock to visit this estate in the heart of the Côte des Blancs. Their 8 champagnes are expressive and convivial. Our favorite is the Cuvée Grande Réserve Blanc de Blancs.

Heir to a line of winegrowers going back four generations, the estate cultivates 6.3 ha of vines. The oldest vines are 70 years old, producing grapes of rare quality for the Millésimes and a corked cuvée. Vinification without malolactic fermentation preserves freshness and reveals all the minerality of Chardonnay. Discover 5 masterful cuvées, including the Cuvée Brut Rosé, offering an expression of red fruit, raspberry and citrus. Enjoy with macaroons or red mullet fillets.