Two families, winegrowers since the 1900s, who followed different paths.
The Girard estate, a cooperative grower from Mesnil sur Oger; and the Bonnet estate, a grower maker from Oger who produced approximately 140,000 bottles in the 1980s under the name of Champagne F. Bonnet Père et Fils. Unfortunately, the latter was extinguished in 1988 and the vineyards were leased.
The routes of the two estates were destined to meet in the next generation, with the union of Philippe Girard and Dominique Bonnet.
Some years after the lease expired, Paul Girard, the son of Philippe and Dominique who thus embodies both the Girard and the Bonnet families, decided to merge the two vineyards in order to embark on the adventure of creating a grower-maker brand in honour of his origins. And so, Girard-Bonnet champagne was born.
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