Grower Champagne is an interesting phenomena that has changed the wine world in the last decade. For generations these growers had been selling their wares to the big houses like Vueve and Moet, to make their celebrated celebration wines. The powers at be created this elaborate system for rating your vineyard and controling the price, and only the most educated sommeliers can wrap their heads around how much you can sell your praised grapes to the "big houses". In today's economic climate a lot of these growers decided to become producers of high end small batch boutique wines and minimize the quantity they were selling off.  This wine is a great example of grower champagne kicking the pants off of the "big houses" and delivering superior quality at a very competetive price point.