Marc Hebrart Special Club Millesime 1er Cru Brut Mareuil-sur-ay 2014

Jean-Paul Hbrart took over the operations of Marc Hbrart Champagne in the Valle de la Marne from his father Marc in 1997. This estate is not exactly new: Jean-Pauls father has been producing champagne under the Marc Hbrart name since 1964 and has been a member of the Special Club since 1985. Hbrart farms 14 hectares of vines on 65 different sites in 6 villages: the 1er cru vineyards of Mareuil-sur-A, Avenay, Val dOr and Bisseuil and the grand crus villages of A as well as Chouilly and Oiry in the Cte des Blancs. Each parcel is always vinified separately in glass lined stainless steel and ceramic tanks. He is slowly phasing out the ceramic as it is more difficult to control the temperature. Hbrart is also experimenting barrel fermentation and indigenous yeast fermentation for some of his older vine parcels.