Bérêche et FIls NV Brut Reserve Champagne

750ml bottle

12.5% abv

2022 base wine

Effusive aromas of nectarine, orange zest, and brioche. Medium- to full-bodied, ample, and dense, underpinned by racy acidity and finishing with chalky minerality. 

A blend of approximately 70% wines from the base year with the balance reserve wines, composed from approximately one-third each of the three major varieties. A model of harmony, nuance and verve, it is a pure expression of the domaine’s varied terroirs that demonstrates both the Bérêche brother’s great skill and their originality. 

The NV Brut Réserve is the foundational wine at Bérêche, and the latest release is based on the 2022 vintage, incorporating a 40% perpetual reserve component, uniting the freshness of the northern slopes and the maturity of the hot, dry vintage. Fruit for this wine comes from vineyard sites across the Montagne de Reims and the Vallée de Marne, and the Champagne was disgorged in October 2024 with six grams per liter dosage.

Terroir: Montagne de Reims: Ludes Premier Cru, Ormes, Trépail; Vallée de la Marne: Mareuil-le-Port, Aÿ Grand Cru
Age of vines: 43 years old
Production: 90,000 bottles, 3,955 magnums, 300 jeroboams
Cellar aging: 24 to 36 months
Blend: 30% Chardonnay, 30% Meunier, 40% Pinot Noir

It’s been nearly two decades since growers began to dominate the headlines in Champagne. Yet, over that period, surprisingly few growers have managed to separate themselves from the pack, by virtue of their genius or their gift for making Champagne of unique expressiveness. Two that have are the brothers Raphaël and Vincent Bérêche. 

This old domaine was founded in 1847, but it has been the innovative work of young Raphaël and Vincent that has made this one of the most talked about Champagne houses, first among France’s sommeliers, cavistes and connoisseurs and now their counterparts in the United States. Building on a strong foundation of traditional Champagne making learned from their father Jean-Pierre, the brothers became two of the region’s most insatiably curious vignerons. To that end, their portfolio not only includes an extraordinarily vibrant NV Brut Réserve, but several micro-cuvées brilliantly conceived to express different aspects of terroir, vintage, and grape variety. espite only having 9 hectares of land, Bérêche has 10 full-time employees tending the vines. That’s a lot. The result? Immaculate vineyards of organically-farmed grapes that reflect exactly where they’re from. This iconic grower-producer turns those grapes into a range of Champagnes – from an exceedingly the refreshing house cuvée here today, to collectible, age-worthy single-vineyard and vintage bottlings.