2015 Legras & Haas Blanc de Blancs Millesime Brut Grand Cru Chouilly 750 ml

Champagne’s Grand Cru village of Chouilly, in the Côtes des Blancs, produces some of the finest Chardonnay in all of France—which translates into some of the greatest Blanc de Blancs bubbles out there.

Made entirely from their Grand Cru estate vineyards in Chouilly in the outstanding 2015 vintage, Legras & Haas’s 2015 Millésime Champagne was aged a luxurious six years on the lees to develop a fine mousse and toasty, hazelnut-inflected richness. Rested in the cellar before release, it is one stunning bottle of bubbles. 

Chouilly deserves more attention than it often gets. Nestled just east of Épernay and classified 100% Grand Cru under the Champagne vineyard system, it sits at the northern edge of the Côte des Blancs—Champagne’s heartland for Chardonnay excellence. The vineyards here are dominated by chalky soils and gently rolling slopes that reflect sunlight beautifully, giving the grapes a balance of ripeness, freshness, and subtle mineral nuance. Chouilly’s fruit brings a distinctive richness and graceful tension that winemakers and Blanc de Blancs aficionados prize.

The start of Champagne's 2015 came straight from the blast furnace: A scorching hot spring launched what would become the hottest vintage on record. Growers were cautiously optimistic—until drought conditions pumped the brakes on yields, lowering them by 20 percent and causing development to stall. 

Only intense summer heat, plus some relieving rain and a timely cooldown, could deliver on the season's promise of exceptional quality—and at the end of the season, there was cause for celebration. The hot, dry conditions had prevented disease, and the Chardonnay was in fine shape.

Behind the bottle, Legras & Haas’s approach is both patient and purposeful. They handle their fruit with great respect, vinifying parcels separately to preserve nuance, then letting extended lees-aging add texture and complexity without sacrificing the Chardonnay’s purity. Their cellar protocols emphasize clarity and balance, so that richness and freshness coexist rather than compete. The result is Blanc de Blancs that feels both indulgent and finely tuned, with seamless integration of time, terroir, and technique.