M. Richomme

The Richomme family has carried its own name on the label since 1954, though its roots go back further still. It was Moïse Richomme who, with the help of his father Jules, decided to establish a house of his own. The vineyards lie in Cramant, one of the loveliest grand cru villages of Champagne, and the house is known for some of the finest grand cru champagnes in the region. Richomme is a true récoltant-manipulant: a family that works only its own grapes, never bought-in fruit. The cellars lie seven to eight metres below ground and hold a constant temperature of 13 degrees all year round. Today grandson Franck, trained in viticulture and oenology, runs the house together with his grandmother Marie-Sophie. Worth knowing: the average age of the vines is well over forty years, and some parcels contain vines of more than fifty years old, which lends the wines their hallmark richness.