Champagne J.M. Labruyère
Visit at the domaine in Verzenay and tasting the portfolio of wines. Portfolio and tasting notes.
Labruyere is a well-known family name with all its glory coming from Burgundy wine region where they own majority stake in Domaine Jacques Prieur and historic domaine Labruyère in Beaujolais’ Moulin-à-Vent. They also have Château Rouget in Pomerol.
They had been looking into expanding in Champagne since 2008 and hunted for the vineyards which was not an easy task competing with many Grand Marques. Finally in 2010–2012 they acquired 2 estates: Domaine Busin and Quénardel, to create Champagne J.M. Labruyère. Previously those producers were selling grapes to one well-known big house. Along with the property they got half a million bottles in the nice 18th century cellars they had to deal with. By now all the bottles have finally been sold under separate name and none of the wines made by previous owners have ever been used to produce J.M. Labruyère.
Champagne J.M. Labruyère is named after Jean-Marie Labruyère, the founder of Labruyère Family wine business. They are a true récoltant-manipulant (‘RM’) house producing wines only…
