Champagne Emmanuel Brochet

Emmanuel Brochet (Manu) is a top grower Champagne and deservedly so. While quantity is small and often overwhelmed by the demand (as always), Manu is happy with the vineyards holdings that he is working on and have no plan to increase. Why? With 2.5ha, it is the perfect size for him to have a full controlled of the vineyards work to ensure the quality of the grapes.

Best of all, he is keeping the price reasonable even if he can sell it much higher. Take a look of his Champagne prices in the open market and you will know this is a real deal.

Limited quantities to goes around.

This is a must in all Champagne Lovers collection. Brochet is committed to working his vines organically: he stopped using herbicides and insecticides in 2002, and by 2005 he stopped using all synthetic treatments. In 2008 he began the process of organic conversion, certified by Ecocert. While he doesnt believe that organic viticulture will always necessarily result in better wine, he does it out of respect for the land.

William Kelley - RobertParker.com
The Mont Benoit is a substantial chalk outcropping in the plain west of Reims, and its exposed situation means that weather is more extreme: it's colder when it's cold, hotter when it's hot and windier when it's windy. Farming organically, Brochet sells of his tailles and part of the cuvee. His wines are vinified in wood with his own yeast selections since 2016 and see 11 months in barrel before tirage. Concentrated, vinous and incisive, these are chiseled, penetrating Champagnes of impressive cut and intensity, and I found much to admire.