Best Champagne Houses to visit in the Champagne Region
December 29, 2023
A trip to France’s northeast Champagne region wouldn’t be complete without a visit to some of its famously spectacular Champagne houses.
A trip to France’s northeast Champagne region wouldn’t be complete without a visit to some of its famously spectacular Champagne houses.
This week on The Friday Bubble, Nick Baker, Founder of TFB tastes and reviews Leclerc Briant Millesime Extra Brut 2016 & Abyss Brut Zero 2017.
Despite frequently tasting newly released champagnes, we rarely take the opportunity to sit down and taste just new releases. At our tasting at Frederick’s earlier this week we did exactly that, tasting a range of styles from some of the top champagne producers side by side.
We recently visited Leclerc Briant with Jancis Robinson MW. General manager Frédéric Zeimett and winemaker Hervé Jestin discussed the winemaking innovations happening at Leclerc Briant and we tasted a range of champagnes, including Hervé’s personal project.
In June 2017, Leclerc Briant submerged 20,000 bottles of champagne 60 metres deep under the Atlantic Ocean. Winemaker Hervé Jestin believes the undulating motion of the sea transfers positive energy to the champagne, lending it a unique maritime quality.
Leclerc Briant winemaker Hervé Jestin is paving the way in bioenergetic winemaking. Utilising techniques such as underwater ageing and vinification in gold-lined barrels, Jestin produces wines with a high level of positive energy. We visited the house in Épernay to find out more.