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Champagne Benoît Lahaye

Montagne de ReimsBouzyRMRMRécoltant ManipulantA grower who makes champagne only from fruit grown on their own land. This is the grower-producer category, and the strictest in terms of sourcing.Founded 1996

Benoît Lahaye is one of the pioneers of natural winegrowing in the Montagne de Reims, a region where organic farming still covers a tiny share of the land.

The house has kept its own pace through every vintage, and the cellar still works the way it always has: one press, one tank, one decision at a time.

Everything here is allowed to settle slowly. The wines rest longer than the market asks for, and the family tastes the whole range before anything leaves the cellar.

What follows is written from visits, from bottles opened too early and a few opened at exactly the right moment.

The house has kept its own pace through every vintage, and the cellar still works the way it always has: one press, one tank, one decision at a time.

Read the full story of Champagne Benoît Lahaye

A Bouzy grower who went organic in 1996, ploughs with a horse called Tamise, and keeps a vineyard of all seven Champagne grapes planted together before anyone knew better.

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