Celles-sur-Ource micro-grower founded 2000 by Cedric Bouchard in the Cote des Bar, bottling single-parcel, single-vintage, single-grape Champagnes with no dosage.
Signature wines: Roses de Jeanne Cote de Val Vilaine
Tip: Each cuvee is one parcel, one grape and one vintage, with no added dosage.
Address: 13 rue du Vivier, 10110 Celles-sur-Ource, France, Champagne
Gueux micro-grower founded 1998 by Jerome Prevost, with a cult following for Meunier-dominant single-vineyard Champagne from the Les Beguines parcel.
Tasting: Tiny grower; visits by email appointment only, subject to availability.
Signature wines: La Closerie Les Beguines, La Closerie Fac-Simile Rose
Tip: Les Beguines is built almost entirely on old-vine Pinot Meunier, rare as a varietal cuvee.
Ecueil grower under Frederic Savart on the south Montagne de Reims, making precise, Pinot-led Premier Cru Champagnes from massale-selection vines.
Tasting: Small grower; visits by appointment in Ecueil.
Signature wines: Savart L'Ouverture
Tip: Savart works the prized pinot fin d'Ecueil, an old massale selection of Pinot Noir.
Ambonnay grower led by Benoit Marguet, farming Grand Cru vines biodynamically with horse ploughing, Demeter-certified, for vivid low-dosage Champagnes.
Tasting: Grower estate; visits by appointment in Ambonnay.
Signature wines: Marguet Shaman Grand Cru
Tip: Marguet has ploughed its vineyards with horses since 2010, unusual in Champagne.
Ludes grower established 1847, run by brothers Raphael and Vincent Bereche toward low-dosage, terroir-driven Champagnes with extended lees ageing.
Tasting: Grower estate; visits by appointment in Ludes.
Signature wines: Bereche Brut Reserve
Tip: Le Cran is a single-village Ludes Premier Cru that helped build the estate's modern reputation.
Family house at Urville in the Cote des Bar, founded 1808, Pinot-led and a custodian of Champagne's rare grapes through its four-grape Quattuor.
Tasting: Family estate in the Cote des Bar; visits and tastings, see the house for hours.
Signature wines: Drappier Carte d'Or Brut, Drappier Quattuor Blanc de Quatre Blancs
Tip: Quattuor blends the rare Arbane, Petit Meslier and Blanc Vrai with Chardonnay.
Cuis Chardonnay grower bottling since 1935, with major Cote des Blancs holdings including Cramant and Chouilly, making crisp, precise Blanc de Blancs.
Tasting: Grower reception and tasting in Cuis, Monday to Friday and Saturday by appointment.
Signature wines: Gimonnet Cuis 1er Cru Blanc de Blancs, Gimonnet Fleuron 1er Cru Blanc de Blancs
Tip: The family owns more Cote des Blancs vineyard than almost any other grower.
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