{"title":"Champagne Bérêche et Fils","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"champagne-bereche-et-fils-brut-reserve-nv-base-20-disg-dec-2022","title":"Champagne Bérêche et Fils Brut Réserve Vieilles Vignes Non Filtrée NV (Base 20. Disg Dec 2022)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis cuvée has become synonymous with the kind of extreme quality that can today be expected from Champagne’s finest estates. The current release is based on the 2020 vintage and was disgorged in July 2023. Like its predecessors, the release comprises 65% fruit from the base vintage, with the balance from the two previous years. The blend is split between 35% Pinot Noir from Montagne de Reims (specifically Ludes, Trépail and Ormes), 35% Chardonnay from sites across Montagne de Reims and Vallée de la Marne and 30% Meunier from Mareuil-le-Port in Vallée de la Marne. Ludes and Trépail provide the tension, offsetting the depth and texture of the Marne fruit and reserve wines. The average vine age is 40 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hard-harvested fruit ferments naturally in barrel before aging in barrel and tank. After bottling, the wine spends 36 months sur lattes in the Bérêche cellar, and finally, disgorgement by hand (!) with just under 6 g\/L dosage. This is the kind of fastidious attention to detail you would expect from the finest prestige cuvées, and it shines through in the quality of the wine. Antonio Galloni (Vinous) is spot-on when he writes: “Although most readers probably associate Bérêche with some of their higher-end bottlings, the Brut Réserve is a real rock star.” The style is taut and focused; the wine’s natural density and texture are superbly balanced by crystalline acidity and smoky mineral resonance. Simply, it’s one of the most compelling introductions to elite grower Champagne on the market.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Bérêche et Fils","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45707001725166,"sku":"22256-750","price":104.63,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/b160b01e-490b-ef11-ac43-0aa7bbf44e76_22256-750.png?v=1724742835"},{"product_id":"champagne-bereche-et-fils-brut-reserve-nv-base-19-disg-nov-2022-1500ml","title":"Champagne Bérêche et Fils  Brut Réserve Vieilles Vignes Non Filtrée NV (Base 19. Disg Nov 2022) (1500ml)","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin-top:0in;margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:\n0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"\u003eThis cuvée has become synonymous with the kind of extreme quality that can today be expected from Champagne’s finest estates. The current release is based on the 2020 vintage and was disgorged in July 2023. Like its predecessors, the release comprises 65% fruit from the base vintage, with the balance from the two previous years. The blend is split between 35% Pinot Noir from Montagne de Reims (specifically Ludes, Trépail and Ormes), 35% Chardonnay from sites across Montagne de Reims and Vallée de la Marne and 30% Meunier from Mareuil-le-Port in Vallée de la Marne. Ludes and Trépail provide the tension, offsetting the depth and texture of the Marne fruit and reserve wines. The average vine age is 40 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-top:0in;margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:\n0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\"\u003eThe hard-harvested fruit ferments naturally in barrel before aging in barrel and tank. After bottling, the wine spends 36 months sur lattes in the Bérêche cellar, and finally, disgorgement by hand (!) with just under 6 g\/L dosage. This is the kind of fastidious attention to detail you would expect from the finest prestige cuvées, and it shines through in the quality of the wine. Antonio Galloni (Vinous) is spot-on when he writes: “Although most readers probably associate Bérêche with some of their higher-end bottlings, the Brut Réserve is a real rock star.” The style is taut and focused; the wine’s natural density and texture are superbly balanced by crystalline acidity and smoky mineral resonance. Simply, it’s one of the most compelling introductions to elite grower Champagne on the market.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Bérêche et Fils","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45707001856238,"sku":"22255-1500","price":227.98,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/1d70d2e4-490b-ef11-ac43-0aa7bbf44e76_22255-1500.png?v=1724742832"},{"product_id":"champagne-bereche-et-fils-campania-remensis-rose-2019-disg-jun-2023","title":"Champagne Bérêche et Fils Campania Remensis Rosé 2019 (Disg. Jun 2023)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBérêche’s succulent and salty rosé uses the Roman name for the countryside around Reims. The 2019 is 70% Pinot Noir and Meunier with 25% Chardonnay, topped up with 5% still red wine from the same vineyard. The fruit is sourced from vines planted by the brothers’ maternal grandmother in the 1950s. These three hectares of old vines are deeply rooted in the sandy Les Montées vineyard in Ormes, just west of Reims.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarvested on 13th September at 11.5-12.1% potential alcohol, 2019 was one of the more powerful harvests of the last decade, producing a wine of impressive concentration and layered flavour. A long, slow fermentation was followed by aging in three- to six-year-old barrels on lees. After secondary fermentation, the cuvée saw a further 36-plus months in the bottle on lees. Disgorged by hand with 3.5 g\/L dosage, the palate unpeels with flavours of red berries and Bandol-like orange oil, tobacco and sweet spices complemented by chalky mineral and saline notes. But it’s just as much about the texture, which is pillowy and charming before tapering to an incisive, fine-boned finish. We’ll leave the last word to Jamie Goode, who wrote in 2015 that Bérêche’s wine “is one of the best rosé Champagnes that I’ve had. It’s so beautiful.” Or perhaps to William Kelley: “exquisitely ethereal”. Or Jancis Robinson: “a rosé for the table. Perfume and gorgeousness.” Speaking of the table, Raphaël tells us that his favourite match with this wine, so far, is roast pigeon (à la Racine in Reims). Some guys have all the luck. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Bérêche et Fils","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45707001921774,"sku":"24109-750","price":159.89,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/72c5213f-490b-ef11-ac43-0aa7bbf44e76_24109-750.png?v=1724742849"},{"product_id":"champagne-bereche-et-fils-grand-cru-mailly-2017-disg-jul-2022","title":"Champagne Bérêche et Fils Grand Cru Mailly-Champagne Blanc de Noirs 2017 (Disg. Jul 2022)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bérêche brothers purchased this magnificent plot in 2011. It’s the estate’s first and most prized Grand Cru. Situated between Ludes and Verzenay in Montagne de Reims, Mailly’s chalky subsoil and predominance of north-facing slopes bring out a unique mineral freshness in Pinot Noir. Vincent and Raphaël are no strangers to Mailly; previously, as much as 70% of their Montagne cuvée was drawn from this Grand Cru. Raphaël describes his decision to jump on the offer of a 0.4-hectare parcel of 60-year-old Pinot Fin vines rooted in the rich clay and chalk of the Les Chalois vineyard as the easiest of his life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wine was vinified with indigenous yeasts in oak barrels up to 600 litres in size. It spent 48 months under cork before disgorgement. The dosage was 3 g\/L. This wine is the only independent bottling of the Mailly Grand Cru we have come across, and it gives us a taste of what we have been missing. In style, it’s an incisive and super-pure Champagne with an array of flavours stretching out over citrus oil, stone fruit and herbal notes, as well as a distinctive aniseed\/liquorice note.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Bérêche et Fils","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45707015258350,"sku":"22259-750","price":282.09,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/d94efea1-4a0b-ef11-ac43-02c0c1c8e708_22259-750.png?v=1724742838"},{"product_id":"champagne-bereche-et-fils-grand-cru-cramant-2017-disg-jul-2022","title":"Champagne Bérêche et Fils Grand Cru Cramant 2017 (Disg. Jul 2022)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Cramant Grand Cru is a Blanc de Blancs sourced from two small plots: Le Bateau in the northeast of the village and the Chemin de Châlons plot (of Selosse fame) in the southernmost portion of the village. The vines here are owned and expertly managed by Florent and Julien Mignon. The grapes from these great terroirs, with their chalky soils and 40-plus-year-old mass-selection vines, strike an incredible balance between structure, finesse and fruit intensity. Raphaël describes the 2017 release as “ample but delicate, finishing in a cloud of chalk”. Poetry in a glass! This cuvée was vinified with indigenous yeasts in barrel and spent 54 months on lees before disgorgement. The dosage was 3 g\/L. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Bérêche et Fils","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45707015323886,"sku":"22260-750","price":282.09,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/a40a1461-4a0b-ef11-ac43-02c0c1c8e708_22260-750.PNG?v=1724742841"},{"product_id":"champagne-bereche-et-fils-premier-cru-le-cran-2016-disg-jul-2023","title":"Champagne Bérêche et Fils Ludes Premier Cru Le Cran 2016 (Disg. 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A wine like this will go with anything delicious (even the dream match would be oven- or BBQ-roasted fish). Le Cran is vinified with indigenous yeasts in oak barrels up to 600 litres in size. The current release aged for 72 months in the cellar, mostly on lees in bottle under cork. Dosage for the 2016 was 3.65 g\/L. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Champagne Bérêche et Fils","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45707015356654,"sku":"23780-750","price":214.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/3554f1a6-3864-ef11-ac3d-02cd372e28bf_23780-750.png?v=1724742880"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.bibendum.com.au\/collections\/champagne-bereche-et-fils.oembed","provider":"Bibendum Wine Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}