Who makes it
Champagne Rochet-Bocart is a family estate in the village of Vaudemange, built around a Chardonnay-led vineyard. The 80% Chardonnay planting shapes the house's main line, while the 20% Pinot Noir share brings a red-fruited direction to the range through Rosé Brut.
The named Tradition Extra Brut carries Premier Cru on its label and gives the estate a dry, mineral centre. Rosé Brut moves into a more vividly coloured register, with raspberry-red colour and berry fruit. The two bottles show how one vineyard balance can support different expressions without losing the village connection.
Where it grows
Vaudemange gives the wines a precise geographic starting point: 17 rue de la Varenne, 51380 Vaudemange, France. The village is especially associated here with Chardonnay showing pronounced minerality. That connection makes Chardonnay more than the dominant planting figure. It supplies the flavour direction attached to the place.
Tradition Extra Brut Premier Cru carries the village's Chardonnay-led character into a dry Champagne style. Rosé Brut takes the same estate beyond a white-wine emphasis, adding an intense visual and red-fruited profile to the range.
How it is made
The cellar
The vineyard is planted 80% to Chardonnay and 20% to Pinot Noir. Chardonnay therefore supplies the main material for the estate's dry Premier Cru narrative, with pronounced minerality attached to the Vaudemange fruit. Pinot Noir occupies the smaller share and brings a red-fruited possibility to the range through Rosé Brut.
The cellar work is described through intensified handcraft protocols under Mathilde. That phrase belongs to the way the estate handles its wines, while the vineyard percentages explain the range's basic direction. The house is Chardonnay-led, and its rosé has distinct colour and fruit.
What they make
Tradition Extra Brut Premier Cru is the dry centre of the range. Its name places it in the Premier Cru category, while Extra Brut marks a dry style. The supported taste direction is pronounced minerality, giving the cuvée a firm, mineral impression rather than a fruit-first description.
Rosé Brut occupies a different place. Its colour is intense, electric and raspberry-red. Red and blue fruit lead the aromatic register, with wildberries followed by an earthy sagebrush undertone. The wine's place in the range comes from that combination of vivid colour, berry fruit and savoury herb character.
Wines to try
First bottle
Start with Rosé Brut. Its intense, electric raspberry-red colour gives an immediate sense of the wine before the first sip, then red and blue fruit, wildberries and earthy sagebrush fill out the aromatic picture. The profile is vivid, recognisable and easy to place beside the estate's 80% Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Noir vineyard balance.