Vineyards in Champagne

Champagne

Grower Champagne is a K&L specialty: small houses in the Côte des Blancs, the Montagne de Reims, the Vallée de la Marne and the Aube, imported directly for over twenty years, plus our own grand cru label, Maison 76.

 
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Champagne vintage guide
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The declared years and the rest, 2000 to 2022. The latest vintages, in the buyer’s words:

  • 2022After the heartbreak of 2021, a generous, sunny, dry season gave a large, ripe, healthy crop and a near-universal vintage declaration. The wines are rich and fruit-forward with lower acidity than the classic years — more 2018 than 2008 — and the best…
  • 2021The hardest year in living memory: spring frost, a cold wet summer, mildew and rot cut the crop by more than half, and most houses declared no vintage at all. The few vintage wines that will appear, from estates with the healthiest Chardonnay sites, are…
  • 2020The third hot, dry summer in a row, ending with an early August harvest. Ripe, open, fruit-driven wines with moderate acidity — approachable and charming rather than built for decades. Widely declared; releases arrive from 2025 onwards. Drink in the first…
Direct Import producers in Champagne
French Direct Imports

The estates we import ourselves from the region, each with a page of its own.

Our own labels from Champagne
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Our own label
Maison 76 Côte des Blancs Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs
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Our own label
Maison 76 Bouzy Grand Cru Brut
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Our own label
Maison 76 Verzy Grand Cru Brut
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