Benoît Lahaye is a

Grower Champagne Grower Champagnes or Artisan Champagnes are Champagnes produced by the estate that owns the vineyards where the grapes are grown. ''Récoltant-Manipulant'' is the term in French, and Grower Champagnes can be identified by "RM" on the wine label.T. ...

producer. He took over his family's domaine in the

Montagne de Reims Montagne de Reims is one of the five sub-regions of the Champagne wine region. It is north of Vallée de la Marne, Côte de Sézanne and Côte des Blancs. The region is located around Reims Mountain, from Reims to Épernay, and contains nine Gran ...

Benoît Lahaye
Charles Neal Selections in 1993.Benoît Lahaye
Grand Cru Selections, New York City The estate has of vines, became organic-certified in 2003, and

biodynamic Biodynamics may refer to: * Biodynamic agriculture, a method of farming based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner ** The Biodynamic Association, a United States-based company that promotes the Biodynamic agriculture system ** Biodynamic wine, wine ...

-certified in 2010.Extraordinary Organic and Biodynamic Champagnes from Benoit Lahaye and A & J Beaufort!
Chambers Street Wines (Certified organic vineyards account for only around 1% of the total land in the

Champagne wine region The wine region within the historical province of Champagne in the northeast of France is best known for the production of champagne, the sparkling white wine that bears the region's name. EU law and the laws of most countries reserve the term " ...

.) Eighty-eight percent of the vineyards are planted with

pinot noir Pinot Noir () is a red-wine grape variety of the species ''Vitis vinifera''. The name may also refer to wines created predominantly from pinot noir grapes. The name is derived from the French language, French words for ''pine'' and ''black.' ...

. Most of the vines are in Bouzy, there is in Ambonnay, and a bit of

old vine Old or OLD may refer to: Places *Old, Baranya, Hungary *Old, Northamptonshire, England * Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD) *OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, M ...

Chardonnay Chardonnay (, , ) is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine. The variety originated in the Burgundy wine region of eastern France, but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand. For new ...

in the

Côte des Blancs The Côte des Blancs is an area of Champagne vineyards. Located in the department of Marne, it lies south of Epernay, stretches for about 20 km, and had a vineyard area of in 2006. The ''Côte des Blancs'' is a mostly eastern-facing slo ...

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