A PRECISE, RIGOROUS ESTATE WITH RESPECT FOR ITS TERROIRS
A family history spanning more than 50 years, a passion shared by brothers, and values passed on to the new generation: Champagne Huré Frères, run by Raoul Huré and his two sons — François and Pierre — is based in Ludes in the Montagne de Reims.
“Values: A mosaic of unique terroirs, Champagne offers different aromatic profiles in every village, every hillside and every plot, which we seek to respect and enhance. This desire to preserve the uniqueness of each terroir guides us during the winemaking process, leading us to select the best potential from the grapes in order to craft complex and elegant Champagnes: living reflections of the land from which they come, wines that are different yet unique.”
THE LAND
“Convinced that terroir plays a decisive role in creating a distinctive, high-quality Champagne, we choose vineyard practices that respect both the land and the plants that grow in it. Our viticulture is therefore carefully considered, with the aim of fostering the subtle balance between the soil, the vine and the climate. Our objective is to maintain living soils that allow the vines to grow harmoniously and produce healthy, ripe and balanced grapes. An essential guarantee of a quality Champagne: our own!”
WINEMAKING
“Our approach to winemaking is a continuation of the work carried out in the vineyard. We want to preserve all the richness of the grapes: their fruit, balance and personality. We intervene as little as possible, allowing the grapes to express their full potential. No two years are alike, so we adapt to the conditions of each vintage; the harvesting route is naturally determined according to the ripeness of the grapes in each village and each plot. Our desire to craft characterful Champagnes leads us to vinify each village, each grape variety and each plot (when its size allows) separately. In our view, vinifying a multitude of terroirs separately is essential to ensuring the consistency, finesse and precision of our blends.”
“With this same spirit of rigour and consistency in our cuvées, since our beginnings we have preserved reserve wines, which represent the ‘memory of the house’. These wines, kept in large oak vats and stainless-steel tanks, are blended with the wines of the year according to the solera principle. We use this method primarily for the Reserve cuvée Invitation.
The lees ageing (or ageing ‘sur lattes’) of our Champagnes in our cellars is the final maturation of our cuvées before release. The length and conditions of this ageing also influence the quality of our wines. We strive to adjust the ageing period of each cuvée according to its potential, so that we can offer Champagnes that are ready to drink when they are released. Thus, the Brut Réserve Invitation remains in our cellars for an average of 3 years, while the Sélection Instantanée remains there for 6 years.
Taken together, all these methods of working are, for us, the key to our consistency and our identity.”
