Bérêche & Fils Cramant & Avize Grand Cru Extra Brut 2020

Bérêche & Fils Cramant & Avize Grand Cru Extra Brut 2020

This Bérêche & Fils Cramant & Avize Grand Cru 2020 is a rare Blanc de Blancs from two of the most admired villages of the Côte des Blancs. Made entirely from Chardonnay, it captures the chalky refinement, vertical energy and discreet power that define the finest Grand Cru terroirs of this part of Champagne.

With its Extra Brut dosage of 2.7 g/L, the wine is shaped by purity rather than sweetness. The 2020 vintage brings both maturity and clarity, while the extended ageing on lees gives texture, fine bubbles and a refined sense of depth without masking the mineral character of Cramant and Avize.

Terroir

Cramant and Avize are among the historic Grand Cru villages of the Côte des Blancs, renowned for Chardonnay grown on deep chalk soils. Cramant often brings breadth, creaminess and a generous floral expression, while Avize contributes drive, firmness and a more linear mineral frame. Together, they create a Champagne of balance: luminous, finely textured and built around a long, chalk-inflected finish.

Tasting notes

Expression of the vintage

The 2020 vintage gives this cuvée a poised and expressive profile, combining ripe Chardonnay fruit with a firm, chalk-driven structure. Still youthful, it already shows admirable harmony between texture, freshness and mineral length. It can be enjoyed now for its precision and brightness, or cellared for several years to gain further complexity, with notes of dried citrus, roasted nuts and fine pastry becoming more pronounced over time.