{"product_id":"champagne-bereche-et-fils-le-cran-extra-brut-premier-cru-2017-champagne-france-copy","title":"Champagne Bereche et Fils - \"Le Cran\" Extra Brut Premier Cru 2018, Champagne, France (1.5L Magnum)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrapes: Chardonnay 50%, Pinot Noir 50%\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the Montagne de Reims, \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eBérêche et Fils\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e has quietly become one of Champagne’s most compelling estates. Led by brothers Raphaël and Vincent, the domaine combines meticulous vineyard work with a deeply thoughtful approach in the cellar, producing wines that are precise, expressive, and unmistakably site-driven. Working across a mosaic of small parcels and farming with a hands-on, low-intervention mindset, their Champagnes balance texture, energy, and complexity—placing them firmly among the region’s most respected grower-producers. We went to visit them in January 2026 which just made us love them and their wines even more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnusually, Raphaël and Vincent even take the single village approach with their vintage Champagne, \u003c\/span\u003eLe Cran\u003cspan\u003e, which is equal parts Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from the best sites in Ludes. Planted with old vines in two \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003elieux-dits\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e at the village’s chalky mid-slope “sweet spot,” Le Cran is a Champagne that, as Raphaël told Peter Liem, “demonstrates that there is much more minerality in the mid-slope of a premier cru than at the base of the slope in a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003egrand cru\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.” So magically intense and rich, yet not heavy, is Le Cran’s expression of Ludes that it is made every year as “a true picture of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eterroir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e” in that particular growing season.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vineyard Road","offers":[{"title":"1.5L Magnum","offer_id":48452510646497,"sku":null,"price":405.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/3210\/3649\/files\/Bereche-Le-Cran-Champagne-Provincetown_7b9fc3bb-3b92-4a36-ac85-5dcdf32b51d5.jpg?v=1780862691","url":"https:\/\/ptownperrys.com\/products\/champagne-bereche-et-fils-le-cran-extra-brut-premier-cru-2017-champagne-france-copy","provider":"Perry's Provincetown","version":"1.0","type":"link"}