Champagne Marc Hebrart 'Cuvee de Reserve' 1er Cru Brut

Champagne, the first word of this wine's name, is first of all a place: the appellation's growing area was fixed by French law in 1927, and within it, across many small plots and several districts, blending grapes, vineyards and years together is common. The brand on the store listing is Skurnik, which traces itself to 1987 and now represents more than 800 producers of wine, spirits, sake and cider, though it is not established as the maker of this cuvee.

We do not have a shopper rating for this wine. The stores we checked in September 2026 had it from $68.99 to $72.99 across two stores.

Skurnik's own product and producer pages settle the maker question raised above: they identify Marc Hebrart, a grower estate in Mareuil-sur-Ay, as the source of this cuvee, and name the blend as 84 percent Pinot Noir and 16 percent Chardonnay, drawn from premier cru vineyards including Mareuil-sur-Ay, Avenay Val d'Or, Mutigny and Hautvillers, with 30 percent reserve wines from 2016 through 2021 blended into the two most recent harvests. The producer ages the wine 24 months on the spent yeast before disgorging, done in November 2024, and adds 7 grams of sugar per liter as dosage, a light finishing touch consistent with a Brut style. Jean-Paul Hebrart has run the family estate since 1997, when his father, who had bottled his own Champagne since 1964, stepped back; the estate now farms about 15 hectares organically and produces roughly 12,000 cases a year. Outside critics have reviewed the wine well: Wine Spectator gave it 92 points, calling it “a sleek, mouthwatering Champagne”, and Jeb Dunnuck scored it 90, describing “forward notes of perfume, lilac, red berries, river rock, and tangerine”.

Our call: buy it if a real grower behind the label matters to you; we can now confirm Marc Hebrart, a family estate that has bottled its own Champagne since 1964, made this cuvee, and Skurnik's technical detail, down to the disgorgement date and the exact premier cru vineyards, backs that up. Pass if a shopper rating matters more to you than critic scores or producer detail; none has reached our record yet, so the outside reviews from Wine Spectator and Jeb Dunnuck are carrying the case on their own.

The Grocery Store Wine Desk · written Sep 16, 2026 from our research file for this wine. Numbers reflect our latest checks.