Champagne Vilmart

Rilly-La-Montagne, Montagne De Reims

5th generation Laurent Champs has been leading this great estate since 1989 in the village of Rilly-la-Montagne, with 11ha of vineyards of larger parcels, spanning only to the neighbouring village. For over 30 years, extensive soil work through the use of organic and sustainable viticulture with no use of chemicals help to keep all vines and soils healthy. There is also much attention in the gravity-fed winery, where Laurent prefers the traditional Coquard press and oak barrels of many sizes for the fermentation (5500L, 600L, 228L), with malo avoided. To quote Laurent, “I make wine first, and the bubbles afterwards.” Many would agree that the wines in the Vilmart lineup have extraordinary class, finesse, & elegance!