{"product_id":"champagne-bereche-le-cran","title":"Champagne Bereche et Fils - \"Le Cran\" Extra Brut Premier Cru 2014, Champagne, France","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrapes: Chardonnay 50%, Pinot Noir 50%\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.\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":"Elevage","offers":[{"title":"750ml","offer_id":49684528955709,"sku":"","price":148.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0871\/6261\/8173\/files\/Bereche-Le-Cran-Champagne-palm-springs.jpg?v=1734215559","url":"https:\/\/www.perryspsp.com\/products\/champagne-bereche-le-cran","provider":"Perry's Fine Wines \u0026 Liquors - Palm Springs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}