At A Glance
- Category
- Detail
- Region
- Champagne
- Subregion
- Vallée de la Marne
- Main grapes
- Approximately 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay
- Annual production
- Approximately 12,000 cases
- Defining feature
- Sustainable viticulture
The Producer
Champagne Hebrart is a grower Champagne house in the Vallée de la Marne. Its vineyards are farmed sustainably, with as little input as possible, and annual production is approximately 12,000 cases. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay provide the house's two grape varieties. The work is carried out across more than 85 plots.
Place
The Vallée de la Marne places the house inside Champagne's sparkling wine region. Champagne's second fermentation in bottle creates the mousse, while lees ageing can add bready flavours and a rounder texture as the wine rests. The range reaches Premier Cru and Grand Cru labels, so vineyard classification appears directly alongside the cuvée names.
Wines
The range includes Marc Hebrart Special Club Premier Cru 2021, Marc Hebrart Rosé Brut Premier Cru, and Marc Hebrart Noces de Craie Aÿ Grand Cru 2015. The Special Club is a designated Champagne cuvée, the Rosé Brut is the pink wine in a dry style, and Noces de Craie carries the Aÿ Grand Cru designation from the 2015 vintage. Premier Cru and Grand Cru are Champagne vineyard classifications that mark different levels of site status.
In The Glass
The rosé wraps exuberant fruit in a sleek, racy shape. It feels succulently ripe. Across the range, the wines have the full, generous character associated with the house, without becoming weighty or demanding.
A Bottle To Understand It
Marc Hebrart Special Club Premier Cru 2021 is the bottle to open first. It is a vintage Premier Cru cuvée aged for 36 months on lees in stainless steel. Lees ageing can bring bready notes and a softer texture, while stainless steel avoids oak flavour. The bottle places a vintage date, a Champagne classification, and extended ageing in one cuvée.
Final Word
The wines are full and generous without being weighty, complex and soil driven without being demanding.
Sources
- www.clubtresorsdechampagne.com/en/membres/champagne-marc-hebrart
- www.skurnik.com/producer/champagne-marc-hebrart
- www.leaandsandeman.co.uk/wine-producer/Champagne-Marc-Hebrart-2610-04.html
- tastingbook.com/p/marc_hebrart?language=en
- www.skurnik.com/sku/champagne-special-club-millesime-hebrart-4-2-3-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2
- www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/champagne/marc-hebrart-brut-rose-1er-cru-champagne-france-1843