Breuzon

Colombé-le-Sec lies in the Côte des Bar, in the Aube département, in the Bar-sur-Aube area. Here, in the Rue Saint-Antoine, you will find the champagne house of Breuzon. The Hachette wine guide describes it as a third-generation estate with around 13 hectares of vines surrounding the village.

Family and history

The house is a purely family-run business. By its own account, it was founded in the early 1950s. Bernard and Marie Louise Breuzon built it up, and the vineyard was also planted in the 1950s. Since 1987 their children have carried on the estate. Christiane and her brother Marie-Joël Breuzon invested at that time in a press and in winemaking equipment. In 1992, according to the house, modern presses and tank installations were put in, in order to combine quality with up-to-date technology. Christiane Breuzon runs the house, and the Hachette wine guide lists Breuzon as a négociant house.

The cuvées

The range includes several champagnes and a liqueur:

• "B" de Breuzon
• Grande Réserve
• Cuvée Marie-Louise
• Blanc de Blancs
• Rosé
• Ratafia Colombine

The Hachette wine guide described a Blanc de Blancs from the 2002 and 2003 vintages with notes of green apple, fleshy, lively and long. The Cuvée Marie-Louise was selected in earlier editions of the guide. It called "B" de Breuzon a pleasant aperitif champagne.

Visit and tasting

According to the Hachette wine guide, a tasting at the estate is possible. The house can be reached on 03 25 27 02 06. By the estate's own account, the site includes a press house and a modern fermentation cellar. The bottles are said to mature in a wine cellar with traditional riddling by hand. If you would like to get to know the Côte des Bar, Colombé-le-Sec offers a family estate of manageable size, with its own equipment on site.