Following the Champagne Trail in Hautvillers | EUROtoday

For Example, at Fernand Lemaire, Where Siblings and Fourth-Generation Winemakers Benoît and Hélène Lemaire Took Over the Reins from mother and father in 2022. Like Most of the Champagne Houses in Hautvillers, Lemaire is a Modest Operation, Producing 50,000 Bottles A Year. While which will sound like quite a bit, take into account that widow clicquot produces 19m boots a 12 months and moët & chandon 28m, for annual earnings of greater than $ 2bn.

For its seven champagnes, Including a much-lauded rosé, Fernand Lemaire makes use of the Three Main Grape Varieties of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, and Matures All of Its Wines for At Least 36 Months, or Six to Ten Years for the Vintages, Much Longer Than The Required Minimum of 15 MONTHS FOR NOTH Three Years for Vintage Cuvées. At lemaire, as with Every Champagne Maker in Champagne, The Grapes Are Harvested by Hand, But Lemaire Ustes Minimal Intervention On the Soil and Vines and Ploughs Fields by HorsePower.

“We don it speak about quality in champagne so much as about taste,” Says benoît as we get pleasure from a flight of three champagnes within the tasting room, with its eye-popping views of the vineyards beneath. “In this area, i think we can say that we all produce high quality because of champagne are strict, but we do talk about style. What Sets the 370 Registered Champagne Houses Apart is their different “Philosophies and Styles”, He Adds, and that has to do with the Cellar Master’s Assembly, A Hallmark of Champagne Thanks to Dom Pérignon. “When You Drink Champagne You Have To Drink With Pleasure, According to your personal Taste. I respect all of the completely different types and philosophies.”