Collection: Champagne

Champagne, a region with many faces

Champagne: how do we break down this vast wine region that seems to share, all in all, only the magic of its bubbles? By sub-regions—even though grapes from across the entire zone can end up blended in the same bottle—by grape variety, where blends and the memory of multiple vintages predominate… or perhaps by following the styles that distinguish them: Blanc de Blancs, Blanc de Noirs, Rosé, and Millésimé?

At BULLERIE—online as well as in Cannes—we only offer bottles that we ourselves love to taste and share. Wines that express a clear consciousness from grape to bottle, a philosophy uniting the land with the winemaker, where passion and storytelling meet, and where, in the words of Benoît Marguet, one savors the wine, the method, and the winemaker all at once.

Blanc de Blancs« Blanc de Blancs» literally means white wine from white grapes, that is to say, a clear sparkling wine made exclusively from white grapes. It can thus be produced from five of the seven grape varieties authorized in Champagne: Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Petit Meslier, and Arbane.All houses, from the greatest to the most modest, love to showcase their expertise in this category, traditionally linked to refinement and chalky finesse. The Chardonnay of the Côte des Blancs is its most famous expression, but the world of

Blancs de Blancs

is obviously wider—and that is precisely where things get interesting.Blanc de Noirs«

Blanc de Noirs

» means white wine from black grapes. In Champagne, it is made from Pinot Noir, Meunier, or both—a 100% Meunier cuvée can also bear the name Blanc de Meunier.Since the juice of black grapes is itself clear, everything is a matter of pressing and skin contact. Among many of the winemakers we work with at BULLERIE, the wines are low-intervention, sometimes neither fined nor filtered, allowing a lovely, slightly pinkish hue to appear in certain glasses. Where the Blanc de Blancs often looks toward chalk, tension, and white fruits, the Blanc de Noirs readily takes us toward more substance, vinosity, and red fruits.Rosé

In Champagne,

Rosécan be born from two main methods: blending or saignée (bleeding). In the former case, a little red wine is added to a white base; in the latter, the grapes macerate with their skins to extract color, substance, and character.Veuve Clicquot developed the rosé d’assemblage as early as 1818, while the saignée method has become another way to seek an expression more directly linked to the fruit and the material. And as is often the case in Champagne, the history is older than it seems: Ruinart has traces of rosé dating back to 1764, then referred to as “œil-de-perdrix” (partridge eye).

Millésimé (Vintage)

Champagne is historically the kingdom of the blend: different grape varieties, villages, plots, and years brought together to build a style and ensure its continuity. It is precisely from this necessity that the entire art of reserve wines was born.A millésimé

(vintage) Champagne takes the opposite path: it tells the story of a single year. It is therefore only produced when the grapes and nature allow it. For a great blend, the cellar master can work wonders; for a great vintage, nature must also be on board.

Houses and winemakersChampagne has long advanced on two legs.On one side, the great Maisonsand their labels that have become famous throughout the world. They carry a tradition, a mastery of blending, and an extraordinary capacity to create a recognizable style over the years.On the other, the winemakers who cultivate their own plots and have gradually placed terroir back at the center of the glass. Many began by selling their grapes to the big houses before wanting to tell the story of their own land, village, and plots. Some of these “small” producers have now become true benchmarks, sought after all over the world.The two worlds observe, inspire, and respond to each other. They are all Champagne—and it is precisely this diversity that we are passionate about at BULLERIE.From the Montagne de Reims to the Côte des BarMontagne de Reims