Marc Hebrart Champagne 1er Cru Blanc de Blancs

This champagne is made from their favourite parcels in Mareuil, and is intended as a tribute to its terroir. 75% Pinot Noir and 25% Chardonnay. If you love wines from Champagne Marc Hebrart - then this is the best NV they make - concentrated, elegant, and light. Simply superb

Champagne made a name for itself through the wines of large negociants - producers who buy fruit from the vineyards of other growers and blend many lots together. The past several decades have seen the rise of the "Grower-Producer" in Champagne. This label belongs to producers who are growing all of the fruit for the wine they produce, keeping their own product to vinifiy rather than sell it to the larger houses. Look for the "RM" on the label, indicating that the winery is a Recoltant-Manipulant, or Grower-Producer, and not a Negociant-Manipulant (NM), or larger house. Fine wine can be made in either way, but RMs produce products that are inevitably more indicative of terrior. The Hebrart family has been making Champagne under their family name since the 1960's. The wines are complex and refined, but easy to drink and enjoy. This rose is entirely sourced from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir vineyards in Mareiul Sur Ay, a Premier Cru village in Champagne of the highest quality (many argue that the Village should be upgraded to Grand Cru status). Roses, candied rhubarb, strawberries and cream, and almond skin. 91 Points Robert Parker, 92 Points Wine Enthusiast

Marc Hebrart stands for winemaker champagne with a lot of character. This is also evidenced by this cuvee: aromas of peach, red berries and herbs, with mineral undertones, full-bodied, juicy, mature structure, perfectly integrated sows, very vinous and fruity. This is the inaugural release of Hébrarts blanc de noirs, made from a selection of parcels in Aÿ, all planted with vines over 40 years old. Its vivid and expansive, Its outstanding, showing a sleek, elegant structure and concentrated, resonant depth of fruit. Despite its youth, its already marked by a subtle, nuanced complexity, enlivened by a vibrant chalkiness, and it finishes with superb length and finesse. It demonstrates the nobility and sophistication of the terroir, and it immediately claims a place as one of the best expressions of Aÿ available today.