Grower Champagne

Grower Champagnes are often released younger than their large house counterparts due, in part, to the greater financial resources that would be needed for long term aging and storage.

Producers of RM Champagne include Nomine-Renard, Harlin Père & Fils, Franck Bonville, Roger Coulon, Collard-Picard, Egly-Ouriet, Tarlant, Nowack, Chartogne-Taillet, David Léclapart, Benoît Lahaye, Roses de Jeanne, Marie-Courtin, Vilmart & Cie, Pierre Péters, Jacques Selosse, Agrapart & Fils, and Marc Hébrart[6] and also Lequeux-Mercier, vine grower and champagne producer, using the traditional method for many generations, located in Passy-sur-Marne.

These private houses or negociants would buy grapes from the owners of several vineyards to blend and make Champagne.

Conversely, advocates of Grower Champagnes say that the blending of many terroirs by the larger houses makes those wines "underflavored" and non-distinctive.

The larger Champagne houses have holdings in only 12% of the region's vineyards, making it a necessity for them to buy grapes from independent growers.

Some growers are seeing an economic advantage in making wine from their own grapes, especially if they have land in one of Champagne's Grand cru villages, rather than selling them to the larger houses where they become part of a generic blend.