Producer notes- Champagne Bruno Michel is a beautiful story about family, history, and love of the land. The family's winemaking dates back to at least the early 1900's when Paul Michel created a legacy for his future progeny (there are still bottles in the cellar from 1924 that Paul made!). Fast-forward to 1985, and Bruno (the fourth generation) and his wife Catherine began the estate that now sits in the village of Pierry today, just a few kilometers south of the renowned Épernay. When they took control of a historic 18th century cellar, with hundreds of meters of damp underground caves that were carved out by the Benedictine monks, the domaine really began to take its shape. In 2016, Bruno's daughter and oenologist Pauline Orban took over the cellar alongside her husband Guillaume Orban. Since 1997, when all chemical use in the farming stopped, the winery has progressed each year towards maintaining the integrity and health of the land and the vines, and today is one of the very few certified organic Champagne houses. The team meticulously farms 45 small plots of chalky clay and limestone soils within their 17 hectares, in the Coteaux Sud d'Épernay (the east side of the Vallée de la Marne), with about half dedicated to Chardonnay, and half to Pinot Meunier. Their efforts produce remarkably low yields compared to what is allowed in Champagne, giving incredible depth of fruit to their 'house style' - which is nuanced and wildly complex, because even their NV Assemblée range of Champagnes is aged on lees for shockingly long amounts of time. Team blending for final mixes, low dosages for perfect fruit clarity, and large depth of vintages and aging bottles make the bubbles of Champagne Bruno Michel to be amongst some of the greatest 'farmer's fizz' that is available in the market today.