The origin of the grapes and the variety

To ensure consistently impeccable quality, AR Lenoble does not merely settle for making the Champagne - difficult as that process may be. It also runs its own vineyard. Covering a surface are of 18 hectares, this vineyard supplies the House with 50 % of the grapes it needs.
Thanks to this control over a large proportion of its supplies, AR Lenoble can ensure continuity in the style
of their wines.

There are strict regulations covering each of the stages of the "life" of the wine, from planting the vines through to the authorised yield, not forgetting such matters as pruning; everything is quantified, planned and checked. It is only in this way that consistent quality levels can be guaranteed.

The Champagne wine-growing region counts no less than 320 villages, each with its own character and nuance. They are all classified on a quality scale ranging from 80 to 100 %:
The Grands Crus, of exceptional quality: only 17 villages are classified 100 %
The Premiers Crus, of great quality: 41 villages classified between 90% and 99%.
The other villages - the vast majority - must settle for classifications of between 80 and 89 %.

The vines of AR Lenoble are located in the villages classified as being the best Champagne Crus. Planted on land that is particularly well orientated and with an average age of 18 years, they supply grapes of great quality and with a degree of perfection that depends only on the
weather conditions.

Thus, the white Chardonnay grapes come from Chouilly, a Grand Cru de la Côte des Blanc, and some of the plots of vines lie in the very best spots - "Les Montaigus", "Les Cités", "Les Aventures".

The black Pinot Noir grapes are picked in Bisseuil, Premier Cru de la Montagne de Reims.
The Pinot Meunier comes from the House vineyard in Damery, in the heart of the Marne Valley, on a hillside facing due south.
The additional Pinot Meunier that Maison AR Lenoble needs to make their blends is bought in from Damery vine-growers at the time of harvesting.

True to the methods inherited from the past, the Maison AR Lenoble has chosen to grow vines as naturally as possible: the application of rational vine-growing techniques has made it possible to eliminate a large proportion of the weed-killers that were once used and the use of organic manure means that there is no need for chemical fertilisers. Vine diseases are treated with precisely the right amount of phytosanitary products and not a drop more.

The work on the vines goes on all year round: pruning, bud removal, training the shoots along the wires and then, in late September / early October, harvesting.