At Champagne Henriet-Bazin, our history begins perhaps 50 million years ago, when two species of shellfish, the Coccolites and the Belemnites, decided to settle in the warm sea that once blanketed our region of Champagne.
Over the eons, nature and time transformed their remains into the profoundly deep layers of chalk and clay that bear our vines. Wind, water and ice carved our slopes and created our climats.
For five generations now, our family has worked the soil, tended our vines and crafted our wines with the unwavering desire to offer cuvées to you that express the uniquely complex and delightful terroir of our Grand-Cru and Premier-Cru vineyards.
The taste of grappes are vary in accordance with exposure, altitude, steepness of the slope, sol, sub-soil… Our chalky sub-sol is covered by soil that will provide specific tastes and aromas exacerbeted in our blends, our vintages or single grape variety cuvuées.
Champagne is 81 500 acres of vines devided in 4 main areas and 319 villages also called « cru ». 17 are classified Grand Cru and 44 Premier Cru.
The Montagne de Reims
We are working on 14.88 acres of vineyard located on the East side of the Montagne de Reims
Our 36 plots of land are distributed on 3 villages.
Verzy and Verzenay classified as « Grand Cru » and Villers-Marmery classified as Premier Cru.
The physiognomy of this area is composed of crests and valleys sinuous and dissymmétrical where vineyards and villages are sharing the land. Verzenay and Verzy are leaning against the forest, but Villers-Marmery is lower, surrounded by the vineyard.
The taste of grappes are vary in accordance with exposure, altitude, steepness of the slope, sol, sub-soil… Our chalky sub-sol is covered by soil that will provide specific tastes and aromas exacerbeted in our blends, our vintages or single grape variety cuvées.
Verzenay
Nestled at the bottom of the slope, beetwen two head-lands, Verzenay offer 1 025 acres of vines classified Grand Cru. Exposed North and East and North-East the vineyard is mostly planted with Pinot-Noir.
The white and soft chalk, sometimes flush of surface his covered by alluvium and limons of flint stones and gravel of chalk in the center of the vineyard.
The wines are solid, élégant and fruity. We own 10 plots of land for a total of 5.86 acres. (1.16 Chardonnay and 4.70 Pinot Noir)
Verzy
Also famous for the Champagne as for the forest of twisted threes (the Faux de Verzy), Verzy is nestled in the end of the valley, at the edge of the forest. Facing north, and east, the vineyard classified in Grand Cru is mostly planted with Pinot Noir. Wide open on the flat land the 1 003 acres of vines are sitting on a mix of chalk and gravel, with son alluvium and limons on the east slopes.
The wines are elegant and fruity, floral with a good balance.
We own 7 plots of land for a total of 2.30 acres (0.27 Chardonnay and 2.03 Pinot Noir)
Villers-Marmery
It’s in the village of Villers-Marmery that we have the pleasure to welcome you. Classified as Premier Cru, it is located at the eastern side of the Montagne de Reims. The 600 acres of vineyard are exposed east are an exception in the Montagne de Reims. Villers-Marmery is the only village planted with Chardonnay (98%) in an ocean of Pinot Noir.
The soil mostly composed with gravel of chalk. offers some straight, floral and mineral. When chalk is covered by alluvium as limons and brown clay, wines are more solid, opulent and spicy.
We own 20 plots ol land of 6.72 acres planted only with Chardonnay.
