A 42-room five-star spa hotel in Vinay, between Reims and Épernay on the Côte des Blancs, with the 1-Michelin-star Le 7 restaurant, the 18-metre indoor heated pool, and a 1.5-hectare park overlooking the Champagne vineyards.
"The four-decade-old Champagne wine-country resort in the village of Vinay, restored 1972 from a 19th-c brick-factory site (the brique-terie name is direct), and now operating with the most extensive Champagne-region hotel-spa programme. The right wellness-and-Champagne booking at the price tier just below Royal Champagne."
La Briqueterie opened in 1972 on the site of a former 19th-century brick factory (the literal Briqueterie name) in the small Champagne-region village of Vinay, between Reims and Épernay on the southern edge of the Côte des Blancs sub-appellation, the Chardonnay-dominant strip of the Champagne wine region. The property was acquired in 1996 by the Devleeschauwer family of Champagne (the family behind several local Champagne-grower properties) and operated under family ownership through to the comprehensive 2010-2012 renovation that established the current five-star programme. The hotel is set on a 1.5-hectare landscaped park surrounded by working Premier Cru Côte des Blancs vineyards.
The 42 rooms, including 6 named suites, are arranged across the building's three floors. Standard categories at 28 sqm; Premium "Vineyard" categories at 38 sqm with the vineyard-facing window; the named Suites (Cuvée Suite, Bollinger Suite, Krug Suite, Champagne Suite) at 50-65 sqm are the milestone units. The Cuvée Suite at 65 sqm is the headline category. Bathrooms are travertine; bath products are Cinq Mondes.
Le 7, the named principal restaurant, reopened with the 2012 renovation, runs a contemporary French register from chef Gilles Goujon (the chef who has held three Michelin stars at L'Auberge du Vieux Puits in Fontjoncouse since 2010 and operates Le 7 as his Champagne-region residency). The Le 7 kitchen has held one Michelin star continuously since 2014. The 1,500-bottle Champagne cellar is more focused than the Crayères or Royal Champagne collections, Devleeschauwer-curated grower-Champagnes plus selected grandes-marques. Le Bistrot du 7 is the all-day brasserie programme. The 18-metre indoor heated pool is the property's principal architectural advantage relative to the Crayères competition; the Spa Cinq Mondes, opened with the 2012 renovation, runs five treatment rooms with the brand's signature programmes.
The Vinay position, directly between Reims (40 minutes north) and Épernay (12 minutes north), is the booking trade-off relative to the in-Reims and Champillon-clifftop alternatives. From the property it is 12 minutes to Épernay's Avenue de Champagne (the principal tasting-room axis with Moët et Chandon, Pol Roger, Pierre Mignon, Mercier, de Castellane), 40 minutes to Reims, 50 minutes to Reims-Champagne TGV, and 90 minutes by car to Paris-Charles de Gaulle. For travellers wanting the spa-and-Champagne booking with the Cinq Mondes register, La Briqueterie is the right answer.
For the slow-Champagne booking centred on the Spa Cinq Mondes programme and the 18-metre indoor pool, La Briqueterie is the right answer at the price tier just below Royal Champagne. Three- to five-day stays book a Cuvée Suite for the duration with the daily spa programme as the operational structure.
A milestone-anniversary booking with the Cuvée Suite, dinner at Le 7 paired with grower-Champagne from the cellar, and the spa programme through the morning. The Cinq Mondes service register handles these without ceremony.
For honeymoons in Champagne wanting the spa-driven register at the price tier just below Royal Champagne, particularly for the Épernay-and-Avenue-de-Champagne tasting circuit, La Briqueterie is the right answer. Vineyard categories with the Premier Cru window.
4 route de Sézanne
51530 Vinay
France
Épernay (Avenue de Champagne) 12 min by car; Reims 40 min by car; Reims-Champagne TGV station 50 min by car; Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport 90 min by car
42 rooms (incl. 6 named suites)
Classic Room from €380/night
Vineyard Room from €480/night
Junior Suite from €620/night
Cuvée Suite from €920/night
Check-in: 3:00 PM
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Opened 1972; comprehensive renovation 2010-2012
Devleeschauwer family, independent
Le 7 (chef Gilles Goujon, 1 Michelin star)
Le Bistrot du 7 all-day register
1,500-bottle grower-and-grandes-marques cellar
18m indoor heated pool
Spa Cinq Mondes with 5 treatment rooms
1.5-hectare landscaped park
Premier Cru Côte des Blancs vineyard surroundings
From €380/night. Cuvée Suite books five months ahead. Le 7 reservations recommended at booking.
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