CHAUVET

41 avenue de Champagne
51150 Tours-sur-Marne

A small, quality-conscious house situated opposite Laurent Perrier, Champagne Chauvet is owned by the Paillard-Chauvet family, who are wonderfully eccentric. They are related to Pierre Paillard in Bouzy, Bruno Paillard in Reims, and the Gossets of Aÿ. I have always enjoyed Chauvet’s Carte Vert blanc de blancs, which is an excellent nonvintage blend of exclusively grand cru wines, and I have also greatly admired the consistency and quality of their entire range since the early 1990s.

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