The Gremillet estate was founded by Jean-Michel Gremillet in 1979 when he inherited a small plot of vines from his mother, Lulu. Today, the house possesses 55 hectares of vineyards and is situated in a small village 45 kilometres from Troyes - the historic capital of Champagne - and 180 kilometres south of Reims. The vines lie on steep, sun-drenched hillsides in Kimmeridgian clay-limestone soils. Pinot Noir is king here, and constitutes around 80% of Gremillet’s plantings, with the remainder dedicated to Chardonnay, ideal for creating a classic, baked biscuit, rich, fruit-flavoured Champagne. This family owned and run Champagne house has been HVE 3 certified since 2020, and restricts its use of chemicals in the vineyards as much as possible. One of its cuvées is certified organic by ECOCERT (a rarity as less than 10% of production in the Champagne AOP is organic) and hopefully this is the start of a bigger process. Additionally, in 2024 they installed 1,200 m2 of solar panels with which they are now producing energy to power their winery. The hope is that this will reduce their carbon footprint by 1,800 tons over the next 20 years.

Vines are mainly planted in the Côte des Bars on limestone-clay soil on steep, sun-drenched hillsides.

The first-press juice is fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats (16° for the alcoholic and 18° for the malolactic) followed by secondary fermentation in bottle. The wine is then matured on lees for a minimum of 5 years, and disgorged with a 9g/l 'liquer de dosage' made from their own finished wine.

Pair with rich fish dishes

2015 Vintage - International Wine and Spirit Competition 2022 Silver