Champagne Forget-Brimont

Wine making in the Forget family has been a tradition since Louis Forget created his vineyard at the beginning of the 19th century. Six generations later it is Michel Forget who continues the tradition.

The family label was established back in 1920, when a modest one hundred bottles were produced! Production at Forget-Brimont has increased significantly since then and now 280,000 bottles leave the cellars each year. In order to achieve this output, Forget-Brimont owns 15 hectares of vines in the forested, northern area of the Montagne de Reims. He also has vines in the grand cru villages of Mailly-Champagne and Verzenay as well as in Ludes and Rilly-la-Montagne which are premier cru villages. Michel’s wonderful, rich champagnes are characteristic of the Pinot Noir (grown in the north of Montagne de Reims) which produces fantastic, full bodied wines.

Michel Forget has blending down to a very fine art as witnessed in the awards his products have won (see below). He uses reserve wines (see Fizz facts for more information on this) from the harvests of 3 years to create the House Style of his champagnes.

Tony was so impressed with the brut and rosé champagnes from Forget-Brimont that he decided to adopt them as our house champagnes and he worked with the vineyard to create the Charmant label.

Charmant Brut Premier Cru – this champagne under the label Forget-Brimont won a Silver ‘Best In Class’ medal 2009 at the International Wine & Spirit Competition.

Charmant Rosé Premier Cru – this champagne under the label Forget-Brimont won a Silver ‘Best In Class’ medal 2009 at the International Wine & Spirit Competition.