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The Tatler Dining Guide to Champagne
This second edition of the guide features 120-plus wines chosen and categorised into Collectible, Celebration and Culinary by Sarah Heller MW to reflect the burgeoning diversity of champagne, a wine that elevates and enriches any occasion
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Culinary
A. Margaine L'Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru NV
The best producer in Villers-Marmery, a village of chardonnay vines in the pinot-dominant Montagne de Reims
Culinary
André Clouet Rose No. 3 Brut NV
Pinot noir specialists since 1741, with a flair for rich, mature blends and an early 20th Century design sensibility
Culinary
André Clouet Silver Brut Nature NV
Pinot noir specialists since 1741, known for rich, mature blends and flamboyant labels
Culinary
Barons de Rothschild Blanc de Blancs NV
The champagne house was founded in 2005 by three branches of the storied Rothschild family
Culinary
Bérêche et Fils Rive Gauche Premier Cru 2016
A super-hot mini-négociant making sensitively wrought, site-specific champagnes in the Montagne de Reims and Marne Valley
Culinary
Bonnet-Ponson Extra Brut Blanc de Noirs 2013 by Jules Bonnet
A fast-rising grower in the Montagne de Reims making wines in the area since 1862
Culinary
Bruno Michel Les Roses 2015
Biodynamic, organic and vegan grower champagne from a former vine nursery owner and son of José Michel
Culinary
Charles Dufour Bulles de Comptoir #10 'Tchin Tchin' NV
This grower champagne is one of the best-kept secrets on the market
Culinary
Chartogne-Taillet Les Barres 2015
Single-vineyard specialist grower with some of the region’s last un-grafted vines
Culinary
Claude Cazals Cuvée Vive Grand Cru NV
The respected Mesnil-sur-Oger grower estate founded in 1897 by a Catalan cooper from the south of France
Culinary
De Sousa Mycorhize NV
Biodynamic, organic grower known for its robust, powerful old-vine chardonnay
Culinary
Delalot Rosé Intense Les Illuminations NV
A tiny sustainable grower based in the western Marne Valley run by mother and son duo Éliane Delalot and Jérôme Lefèvre
Culinary
Diebolt-Vallois Fleur de Passion 2013
One of the earliest grower-producers, making beautifully precise, intricate wines in the Côte des Blancs
Culinary
Domaine Rousseaux-Batteux Assemblage Rosé de Noirs Extra Brut NV
A historic grower family of the Montagne de Reims
Culinary
Fleury Blanc de Noirs Boléro Extra Brut 2009
The biodynamics pioneer in Champagne, now a small maison with nearly 100 years under its belt
Culinary
Franck Pascal Quinte Essence 2009
A family estate taken over by former chemical engineer and current biodynamics adherent Franck Pascal in 1994
Culinary
Françoise Bedel Entre Ciel & Terre NV
A dedicated adherent of biodynamics at the western end of the Vallée de la Marne
Culinary
Frédéric Savart L'Ouverture Premier Cru NV
Striking, personality-filled wines from a grower-cum-mini négociant in the Petite Montagne
Culinary
Jean Vesselle Pur B3 Blanc de Blancs de Bouzy Grand Cru Brut Nature 2014
Growers of ripe, expressive Bouzy wines and advocates of no dosage since 1975
Culinary
Jérôme Lefèvre Brut Nature Rated X NV
A tiny sustainable grower based in the western Marne Valley run by mother and son duo Éliane Delalot and Jérôme Lefèvre.
Culinary
Jérôme Prévost La Closerie "&" Extra Brut NV: 2018
A superstar producer making minuscule quantities at his La Closerie estate in the Montagne de Reims
Culinary
José Michel & Fils Pinot Meunier Blanc de Noirs Brut NV
A meunier specialist long before meunier was trendy, and still one of the best interpreters of this grape
Culinary
Lamiable Cuvée Phéérie Blanc de Blanc Grand Cru 2012
Terroir-focused producers with some of the only wines exclusively from Grand Cru Tours-sur-Marne
Culinary
Lamiable Souffle d'Étoiles Extra Brut Grand Cru NV
Terroir-focused producers flying the flag for Tours-sur-Marne Grand Cru
Culinary
Larmandier-Bernier Vieille Vigne du Levant Grand Cru 2013
A beloved grower estate in the Côte des Blancs, considered by many to be among the subregion’s greatest
Culinary
Marc Hébrart Mareuil-sur-Aÿ Premier Cru Mes Favorites Vieilles Vignes NV
A much-admired grower estate in the Grande Vallée and the most famous in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ
Culinary
Marie Demets Intransigeance 2017
A terroir-focused grower in the Aube, working plot by plot with pinot vines planted in the 1950s
Culinary
Maurice Choppin Les Terres des Reguins 2018
A natural wine producer in the Marne Valley who is the 7th generation of his family to cultivate vines here
