The Wines of Gaspard Brochet

Gaspard Brochet

Champagne

Gaspard grew up in wine but worked in graphic design before returning home in 2013. In 2017 he started his own label and in 2019 he took over the full 3.18 ha of the family estate once known as Vincent Brochet. In 2022, all of the wines will be under the Gaspard label.; in the future, Gaspard will include the historic name of the family house, Domaine les Croix on the label; this will appear for the first time with the 2024 release of his Coteaux Champenois.

Although he will completely change the labels, the history of champagne is still going to be an important part of production. One of his vineyards has never been farmed with fertilizers or herbicides. Some of the methods in the vineyard and cellar are completely hands off, something that naturally came from early viticulture in Champagne due to the lack of modern equipment and viticulture tools. When you visit, you truly feel a connection to Champagne and specifically the village of Eceuil. When you taste the wines, they are unlike any champagne you have tasted before. Full of length, depth and precision and a quality that runs throughout the range that makes each wine compelling and able to be recognized as his.

It seems that good winemaking runs in the family; Emmanuel Brochet is his uncle. This makes sense when you learn about the vineyard holdings, spread throughout Ecueil, Sacy, and Villers aux Nœuds. All of the vines are plowed in the winter, have natural grasses and vegetation, and he makes his own fertilizer out of different fungi and natural materials to promote microbial life during the dormant months.

Viticulture and Vinification

Gaspard's method is actually quite simple. His focus is to create an expression of the personality of each terroir, vintage, and varietal. He focuses on single vineyard , single vintage, and varietal bottlings. The grapes are picked at a higher maturity to avoid any need for sugar, the wines spend about 10 months in barrel for vinification. Everything in the cellar is done by gravity and never with pump. The wines are not racked, but stirred about 15-25 times depending on the cuvee. The wines are aged for 24 months then hand riddled in the cellar for about 8 weeks. He Is focused on no-addition winemaking. Fermentation takes place in barrels of various kinds, some from Germany, Burgundy, and family barrels.

With the 2024 release focused on the 2021 vintage, quantities are unfortunately small due to extreme loss from disease pressure throughout the vineyards. As a result, Gaspard created new cuvées and new labels - the animals will sit this year out - as the wines are blended from the best quality grapes of all the vineyard plots within Ecueil and Sacy.

From the first release bearing his name in 2020, Gaspard Brochet has captured the palates and eyes of Champagne collectors lucky enough to come across a bottle. True to the family legacy, Gaspard's wines are wildly complex, textural and full of character.

The vineyards in Ecueil and Villers-Aux-Nœuds generate deep-flavored, smoky aromatics, and with Gaspard's preference to harvest the grapes when fully ripe, the wines are expressive and soft without any need for dosage.

Current Releases

The Wines of Gaspard Brochet

333.c Brut Nature, Champagne

NV Gaspard Brochet, 333.c Brut Nature, Champagne (2020 Base)

NV Gaspard Brochet, 333.c Brut Nature, Champagne (2020 Base)

ASSEMBLAGE 45% Pinot Noir 45% Chardonnay 10% Meunier 2020 Base

VINEYARD Les Beaux Bras, Les Prés Mousseaux, Mont Benoit, Ecueil 70%, Sacy 20%, Villers-aux-Nœuds

SOIL 80% sand, 10% clay 10% chalk

DISGORGE 2.23

DOSAGE 0g

BOTTLES PRODUCED 4032

Pie Chardonnay Tome III. Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut, Champagne

NV Gaspard Brochet, Pie Chardonnay Tome III. Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut, Champagne (2020 Base)

NV Gaspard Brochet, Pie Chardonnay Tome III. Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut, Champagne (2020 Base)

ASSEMBLAGE 100% Chardonnay 2020 Base

VINEYARD Les Prés Mousseaux, Ecueil

SOIL Clay and Loam

PLANTED 1989

DISGORGE 1.23

DOSAGE 0g

BOTTLES PRODUCED 564

Lion Pinot Noir Tome IV. Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut, Champagne

NV Gaspard Brochet, Lion Pinot Noir Tome IV. Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut, Champagne (2020 Base)

NV Gaspard Brochet, Lion Pinot Noir Tome IV. Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut, Champagne (2020 Base)

ASSEMBLAGE 100% Pinot Noir 2020 Base

VINEYARD Mont Benoit, Villers Aux Noeuds

SOIL Silty Loam and Chalk bedrock

PLANTED 1985

DISGORGE 1.23

DOSAGE 0g

BOTTLES PRODUCED 1070

Mouton Meunier Tome I. Rose de Maceration Brut Nature, Champagne

NV Gaspard Brochet, Mouton Meunier Tome I. Rose de Maceration Brut Nature, Champagne (2020 Base)

NV Gaspard Brochet, Mouton Meunier Tome I. Rose de Maceration Brut Nature, Champagne (2020 Base)

ASSEMBLAGE 100% Pinot Meunier 2020 Base

VINEYARD Ecueil La Montagne

SOIL Poor green clay soils with low oxygen

PLANTED 1994

VINIFICATION 12 day maceration then pressed by foot. No oak or barrels

DISGORGE 1.23

DOSAGE 4g/L

BOTTLES PRODUCED 573

Cochon Pinot Noir Tome I. Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature, Champagne

NV Gaspard Brochet, Cochon Pinot Noir Tome I. Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature, Champagne (2020 Base)

NV Gaspard Brochet, Cochon Pinot Noir Tome I. Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature, Champagne (2020 Base)

CT

93

ASSEMBLAGE 100% Pinot Noir 2020 Base

VINEYARD Les Eaux Belles

SOIL White Sand

PLANTED 1988

VINIFICATION 450L barrels

DISGORGE 1.23

DOSAGE 0g

BOTTLES PRODUCED 551

Ane PN + CH Tome III. Assemblage Brut Nature, Champagne

NV Gaspard Brochet, Ane PN + CH Tome III. Assemblage Brut Nature, Champagne (2020 Base)

NV Gaspard Brochet, Ane PN + CH Tome III. Assemblage Brut Nature, Champagne (2020 Base)

ASSEMBLAGE 50% Chardonnay 50% Pinot Noir 2020 Base

VINEYARD Les Beaux Bras & Les Prés Mousseaux, Ecueil

SOIL Sandy Clay

PLANTED 1989 & 1956

DISGORGE 1.23

DOSAGE 0g

BOTTLES PRODUCED 552

Renard Pinot Noir Tome I. Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature, Champagne

NV Gaspard Brochet, Renard Pinot Noir Tome I. Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature, Champagne (2020 Base)

NV Gaspard Brochet, Renard Pinot Noir Tome I. Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature, Champagne (2020 Base)

ASSEMBLAGE 100% Pinot Noir 2020 Base

VINEYARD Ecueil- Les croix

SOIL Compact brown sand

PLANTED 1959

DISGORGE 1.23

DOSAGE 0g

VINIFICATION Oldest barrels in the cellar

BOTTLES PRODUCED 432 under cork

Pinot Noir Tome 1 Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut Ecureuil

PN CH Tome 2 Assemblage Brut Nature L'ane

Chardonnay Tome 2 Blanc de Blanc Extra Brut Pie

Pinot Noir Tome 3 Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut Lion

333.c Brut Nature, Champagne

Pie Chardonnay Tome III. Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut, Champagne

Lion Pinot Noir Tome IV. Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut, Champagne

Mouton Meunier Tome I. Rose de Maceration Brut Nature, Champagne

Cochon Pinot Noir Tome I. Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature, Champagne

Ane PN + CH Tome III. Assemblage Brut Nature, Champagne

Renard Pinot Noir Tome I. Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature, Champagne

Pinot Noir Tome 1 Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut Ecureuil

NV Gaspard Brochet, Pinot Noir Tome 1 Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut Ecureuil (2019 Base)

NV Gaspard Brochet, Pinot Noir Tome 1 Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut Ecureuil (2019 Base)

CT

90

ASSEMBLAGE100% Pinot Noir, 2019 base

VINEYARD Les Beaux Bras, Ecueil

SOIL Loam

PLANTED 1956

DISGORGE 1.22

DOSAGE 0g

BOTTLES PRODUCED 459

PN CH Tome 2 Assemblage Brut Nature L'ane

NV Gaspard Brochet, PN CH Tome 2 Assemblage Brut Nature L'ane, Champagne (2019 Base)

NV Gaspard Brochet, PN CH Tome 2 Assemblage Brut Nature L'ane, Champagne (2019 Base)

CT

90

ASSEMBLAGE50% Pinot Noir 50% Chardonnay, 2019 base

VINEYARD Les Beaux Bras & Les Prés Mousseaux, Ecueil

SOIL Sandy Clay

PLANTED 1956 & 1989

DISGORGE 1.22

DOSAGE 2g/L

BOTTLES PRODUCED 583

Chardonnay Tome 2 Blanc de Blanc Extra Brut Pie

NV Gaspard Brochet, Chardonnay Tome 2 Blanc de Blanc Extra Brut Pie, Champagne (2019 Base)

NV Gaspard Brochet, Chardonnay Tome 2 Blanc de Blanc Extra Brut Pie, Champagne (2019 Base)

ASSEMBLAGE 100% Chardonnay, 2019 base

VINEYARD Les Prés Mousseaux, Ecueil

SOIL Clay Loam

PLANTED 1989

DISGORGE 1.22

DOSAGE 2g/L

BOTTLES PRODUCED 828

Pinot Noir Tome 3 Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut Lion

NV Gaspard Brochet, Pinot Noir Tome 3 Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut Lion (2019 Base)

NV Gaspard Brochet, Pinot Noir Tome 3 Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut Lion (2019 Base)

CT

95

ASSEMBLAGE 100% Pinot Noir 2020 Base

VINEYARD Mont Benoit, Villers Aux Noeuds

SOIL Silty Loam and Chalk bedrock

PLANTED 1985

DISGORGE 1.23

DOSAGE 0g

BOTTLES PRODUCED 1070

333.b Brut Nature

NV Gaspard Brochet, 333.b Brut Nature (2022 Release)

NV Gaspard Brochet, 333.b Brut Nature (2022 Release)

CT

91

ASSEMBLAGE 45% Pinot Noir 45% Chardonnay 10% Meunier

VINEYARD Les Beaux Bras, Les Prés Mousseaux, Mont Benoit, Ecueil 70%, Sacy 20%, Villers-aux-Nœuds

SOIL Varied

DISGORGE 4.22

DOSAGE 0gr/l no sulfur

BOTTLES PRODUCED 3100