The first lieu-dit Champagne from Waris-Larmandier fittingly comes from Porte de Bas vineyard in Avize. It is a plot planted by their great-grandfather, Jean Waris, in 1939 to Chardonnay. The current generation winemaker, Jean-Philippe Waris, honors the memory of his great-grandfather and grandfather Alain, by producing his first single vineyard from this important, old-vine vineyard near their house. This vineyard is the heart of the winery, both spiritually and qualitatively in the old chardonnay vines which dominate the plot on chalky soil.
