Lovely lovely lovely local champagne house! You ring the doorbell or call in advance (note: they…read moredon't speak English so state the magic words "offrir" and "dégustation") and definitely try their rose champagne. It's what they're known for and even won awards! It's super small, super local, and family-owned. Their production is quite little of you compare it to the 'big' houses, but they manage to produce a few thousand bottles annually. And ah well, if you're here - why not taste a few, non?! Most interesting: the Cuvée "1911" made solely with the pinot meunier grapes. And the rose champagne of course!!

Give Nathalie a call before you want to visit, as she might be out in the fields. Yep, that's right…read more- she's in charge of her own champagne house!! Who run the world....?! She's always open when you want to visit and to taste, just give a call to be sure. She took over the business after her grandfather and father and this one oldskool champagne maker; she uses the original wooden (!) press to press the grapes after harvest and there are only 3 in the region that still use this classic method! Her champagne production is quite low compared to the bigger houses in the region; she produces a few thousand bottles each year. She even labels all bottles by hand! But the taste..... My absolute favourite was her signature champagne "Cuvée Ecolibri" (€16 per bottle). Recommend big, big time to visit, to drink, and to take home with you ;-). Another big plus (besides her lovely & warm personality for a Française) is that's she speaks English. Winning on so many levels, this champagne house!!

The traditional brut is wonderfully citricy and crisp and very easy to drink. Blanc de blanc is…read moresuper nice with soft apricot flavors. The Blanc de Noir is very good and a bit yeasty

Had a great time at the tasting room of Collard Picard yesterday! Our hostess was very…read moreknowledgeable on the champagnes we tasted, and it was a relatively quiet Wednesday afternoon our party of six seemed to have the room to ourselves! We opted for the prestige tasting, my favorite was the second champagne, the blanc to blanc and their rose was very interesting to my palette since I haven't been exposed to many first cuvée roses before!