The Champagne home expanded into the area when it acquired Maison Langlois-Chateau in Saumur again in 1973.
It then bolstered its presence in Sancerre with the acquisition of Château de Thauvenay in 2016. Now it has tied up a deal to convey the family-run Hubert Brochard property into the fold.
‘The acquisition of Hubert Brochard property represents a novel alternative to consolidate our footprint on this incredible area and to proceed to advertise, in France and internationally, its savoir-faire and the very prime quality of its wines,’ mentioned Etienne Bizot, president and chief government on the Bollinger Group.
Aimée and Hubert Brochard arrange the enterprise in 1900, and it’s at present run by fourth-generation and fifth-generation relations.
The property includes round 60ha of vineyards unfold over one of the best hills of the Sancerre appellation, straddling the villages Chavignol, Ménétréol-sous-Sancerre, Thauvenay, Sainte-Gemme and Sancerre. It additionally owns vineyards in Pouilly-Fumé.
François-Régis de Fougeroux, chief government of Maison Langlois-Chateau, mentioned the Hubert Brochard property advantages from ‘a incredible terroir, which is able to completely complement the vineyards we already personal within the area’.
President Daniel Brochard mentioned: ‘Every technology has participated within the improvement of our household property and we’re extraordinarily happy with what we’ve achieved, in full respect for custom and for the work of the oldest generations.
‘The hand-over to our associate Bollinger Group will make sure the continuity of this journey fueled by the identical values of entrepreneurship, household spirit, and obsession for high quality.’
The Bollinger Group owns the long-lasting Champagne Bollinger and Champagne Ayala, nevertheless it additionally controls an more and more various portfolio of wines and spirits, together with Delamain Cognac and Ponzi Vineyards in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
