{"title":"Henriet-bazin","description":"\u003cp\u003eHenriet-Bazin makes Champagne from both sides of an unusual divide on the Montagne de Reims. Their home village, Villers-Marmery, is a Premier Cru planted almost entirely to Chardonnay in what is otherwise Pinot Noir country. Next door, the family farms Grand Cru Pinot Noir in Verzy and Verzenay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a true grower house (récoltant-manipulant), and it has been in the family for four generations. Gaston Henriet founded it in 1890. His son Robert took over in 1930 and his grandson Daniel in 1962. Daniel married Michelle Bazin, the daughter of a Villers-Marmery grower, and the house took both names. Their daughter Marie-Noëlle has run it since 1991. The estate covers just under eight hectares of chalk-based vineyards. It is HVE-certified and has more recently been converting to organic farming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe range shows that split clearly. Blanc de Blancs from Villers-Marmery is all citrus cut and chalky grip, a fascinating counterpoint to Côte des Blancs Chardonnay. The Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs has red-fruited depth and tension. There's also a Meunier Blanc de Noirs, and Gaston et Louise, a zero-dosage Pinot Noir-Chardonnay blend drawing on a solera of reserve wines begun in 1968. Dosage is kept low, so these are Champagnes for the dinner table as much as the aperitif hour.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"henriet-bazin-champagne-blanc-de-noirs-pinot-meunier-brut-nv-750ml","title":"Henriet-Bazin, Champagne Blanc de Noirs Pinot Meunier Brut, NV [2022]","description":"Meunier almost never gets a stage of its own, and it almost never grows on limestone — this single-plot Champagne gives it both. \"La Sente au Beurre\" is one small parcel in Faverolles-et-Coëmy, out in the Vallée de l'Ardre west of Reims, where Meunier is the dominant grape; it's the highest plot Henriet-Bazin farms and it sits on the thickest band of limestone in their holdings, which the family credits for the delicacy you don't usually get from this variety. The exposure is south to southwest, catching direct sun from mid-morning until dusk, so the wine comes out rich and round while the limestone underneath keeps it fresh. Marie-Noëlle Henriet-Rainon, at a 7.75-hectare domaine founded in 1890, bought these Meunier vines in 1994 and farms them organically (uncertified) with HVE status and hand-harvesting. The house style is low dosage across the board, and each parcel rests nine months on its lees in the estate's enamel vats before bottling. If your mental file on Meunier reads \"blending grape,\" this is the bottle that rewrites it.","brand":"Bonhomie (T. Elen) [BON]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40717968015417,"sku":"NYC-4-BON-`BE2109NV`-090622-25","price":67.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Henriet-Bazin-Champagne-Blanc-de-Noirs-Pinot-Meunier-Brut-NV-Sparkling-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York_bb07dcdc.jpg?v=1788972960"},{"product_id":"henriet-bazin-champagne-blanc-de-noirs-extra-brut-grand-cru-nv","title":"Henriet-Bazin, Champagne Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut Grand Cru, NV [2021]","description":"\u003cp\u003eAll Pinot Noir, all Grand Cru, and almost no sugar — this is Champagne with its frame showing. The fruit comes from Verzenay and Verzy, two of the Montagne de Reims villages that made Pinot Noir's reputation in Champagne, where the slope faces north and the chalk keeps the wines tense even in ripe years. Henriet-Bazin is a fourth-generation grower family farming these parcels under HVE certification and bottling their own wine rather than selling the fruit on. Finished Extra Brut, so the dosage is a whisper and the wine's weight comes from the Pinot itself rather than from sugar. It has the red-fruited depth of a Blanc de Noirs without the broadness that usually comes with it — a dinner-table Champagne more than an aperitif.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bonhomie (T. Elen) [BON]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46445007470649,"sku":"NYC-W-BON-`BE2111NV`-090326-8","price":67.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Henriet-Bazin-Champagne-Blanc-de-Noirs-Extra-Brut-Grand-Cru-NV-Sparkling-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1788986360"}],"url":"https:\/\/nyc.flatiron-wines.com\/collections\/henriet-bazin.oembed","provider":"Flatiron Wines \u0026 Spirits NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}