Kent Wine Tours / Vineyards / Domaine Evremond
Vineyard guide · Chilham
Domaine Evremond is the Kent estate of Champagne Taittinger and its UK partner Hatch Mansfield, on chalk slopes near Chilham outside Canterbury. Its cellar door opened in 2025, with a terrace for walk-in tastings and booked tours, tastings and long lunches.
| Founded | Founded 2015, first vines 2017, first wine released 2025 |
|---|---|
| Known for | Classic Cuvée, a non-vintage sparkling wine released in numbered editions |
| Grapes | Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier |
| Open | Wednesday to Sunday, 11am to 5.30pm from October to March and 11am to 6.30pm from April to September |
| Booking | Book tours, tastings and lunches online; walk-ins for the terrace and cellar door |
| Tours from | £25 |
| Food | Light bites at the cellar door; booked Flavours of Kent lunches and seasonal sharing boards |
| Dogs | On a lead on the terrace, not on tours or in the cellar door |
| Children | Welcome on the terrace for a soft drink, not on tours or tastings |
| By train | Chilham, about a 30-minute walk |
Checked on the vineyard’s own website in October 2026.
Domaine Evremond is a partnership between Champagne Taittinger and Hatch Mansfield, its UK agent for more than 25 years, founded by two friends since childhood, Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger and Patrick McGrath MW. It was launched at Westminster Abbey in 2015 after an 18-month search for the right site, which turned out to be the former apple and pear orchards of Stone Stile Farm near Chilham. The name honours Charles de Saint-Evremond, a French writer and soldier exiled to England in 1661, who made Champagne fashionable at the court of Charles II and is buried in Westminster Abbey.
The estate covers 125 hectares, with 60 hectares of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier on south-facing slopes of deep, free-draining chalk between about 50 and 90 metres above sea level, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The first vines were planted in 2017 and the first full harvest came in 2019. Vineyard Director Christelle Rinville travels between Champagne and Kent, and day-to-day growing is run with Gaskains, a family fruit farm that is one of the UK’s largest apple growers.
The winery, designed by a French architect and largely underground so the wine can move by gravity, was opened by the Duchess of Edinburgh and took its first harvest in autumn 2024. Wines are blended by Alexandre Ponnavoy, Chef de Cave at Taittinger, and Vitalie Taittinger is President. The first wine, Classic Cuvée Edition I, was released in spring 2025 alongside the opening of the cellar door, and Edition II followed in 2026. Writing on wine-pages.com in August 2026, Tom Cannavan scored Edition I 91 and Edition II 93.
Domaine Evremond makes one wine, Classic Cuvée, a non-vintage traditional method sparkling wine released in numbered editions. Edition I is based on the 2020 harvest with reserve wine from 2019 (55% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay, 10% Pinot Meunier). Edition II is based on 2021 with reserves from 2019 and 2020, and is richer in Pinot Noir at 65%. Both spend three years on the lees and have 7g/l dosage, and both are £55 a bottle. Tasting the two side by side is the point of the £25 tasting. Critics note the style leans to freshness and precision rather than toasty richness. Where to buy them.
The cellar door sits at the heart of the estate beside the winery, with a terrace looking over the vines. It opens Wednesday to Sunday, from 11am to 5.30pm between October and March and 11am to 6.30pm between April and September, and the shop opens from 10.30am. Without booking, you can taste Classic Cuvée Edition I by the glass on the terrace or inside on a first-come basis, with olives, crackers and crisps; terrace tables cannot be reserved. Tours, tastings and lunches must be booked online, for groups of up to six, with larger groups by email. Bookings are not refundable but can be moved with 72 hours’ notice (7 days for Flavours of Kent). The cellar door is wheelchair accessible, with accessible parking about 10 metres away. Picnics are welcome in the wildflower meadows and among the vines, but not on the terrace. There is no accommodation on the estate, and cars cannot be left overnight.
| Experience | Price | Length | When |
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| Classic Cuvée Tasting A hosted tasting in the winery of two glasses of Classic Cuvée, Edition I and Edition II side by side, with the story of the estate and how the wines are grown and made. Up to 16 guests, and non-drinkers can have a soft drink instead. | £25 per person | About 45 minutes | Wednesday to Sunday, start time chosen when booking |
| Classic Cuvée Tasting and Domaine Tour A walk of about 1.4km through the vineyards, with Edition I poured among the vines and Edition II in the winery. The ground is uneven in places with a gentle climb, tours go ahead in the rain, and the tour is not currently suitable for wheelchair users. Up to 16 guests. | £60 per person | About 1.5 to 2 hours | Wednesday to Sunday, start time chosen when booking |
| Flavours of Kent A three-course seasonal lunch of Kent produce at a shared tasting table, each course paired with a glass of Classic Cuvée. The winter menu includes scallops with Gaskain apples and Longland Farm duck. Up to 16 guests, with dates released each quarter. | £140 per person | 2.5 hours, from 12pm | Selected Sundays, including 22 November and 13 December 2026 and 24 January 2027 |
| Cheese and Charcuterie Sharing Boards A bottle of Classic Cuvée with a board of local bread, English and French cheese, charcuterie and nibbles, for two to four people. | £100 for a board and a bottle | 1pm to 2.30pm | Until 21 November 2026 |
| Yuletide at Domaine Evremond A Christmas programme: a mistletoe wreath-making evening with a local florist and two glasses of Classic Cuvée (£75, Friday 27 November), a Founders’ Party with live music (£50, Friday 11 December), a free Winter Brunch with oysters and galettes (Saturday 12 December) and a festive concert with soprano Susan Bullock (£70, Friday 18 December). | From free to £75 per person | Various | 27 November to 18 December 2026 |
Book these on the Domaine Evremond website.
Coming up at the vineyard, from its own website. All vineyard events.
Workshop
Make a seasonal wreath with florist Lucy Day using foliage from the estate’s meadows and vineyards. Two glasses of Classic Cuvée are included.
Friday 27 November 2026 · 5.30pm to 7.30pm · £75 a head · Book ahead
Christmas
A festive evening at the cellar door with the founders, with food, Classic Cuvée and live music.
Friday 11 December 2026 · 5.30pm to 8pm · £50 a head · Book ahead
Christmas
A festive drop-in day with live music, local oysters and galettes to buy alongside the Classic Cuvée. Seats are first come, first served.
Saturday 12 December 2026 · 11.30am to 4.30pm · Free entry · Drop in
Music and social
The Great Little Orchestra and soprano Susan Bullock perform a programme of Christmas music in the winery. A glass of Classic Cuvée is included on arrival.
Friday 18 December 2026 · 7.30pm · £70 a head · Book ahead
2 bottles in stock with our wine partners this week. Prices are for a single 75cl bottle.
Sparkling
Crisp and faintly saline from the chalk, with green fruit, white peach and quince, and a rounder texture from malolactic fermentation.
Directions to Domaine Evremond
Chilham station is about a 30-minute walk from the winery. Trains from London St Pancras take about an hour, changing at Ashford, and there are direct trains from London Bridge and Charing Cross. By car, the estate is on New Cut Road near Chilham, south-west of Canterbury; the estate advises searching for Domaine Evremond in your maps app rather than using the postcode. Parking is on site, with accessible spaces near the cellar door.
The village of Chilham, which has places to stay, is the closest stop, and the estate’s team can suggest local pubs and restaurants for a hot meal. Canterbury, with its cathedral, is a short drive north-east. Kent has many other vineyards to combine with a visit; check their opening arrangements before you go.
See every vineyard you can visit in our Kent directory. Our other Kent vineyard guides: Chapel Down, Gusbourne, Balfour, Westwell, Warehorne, Silverhand, Chartham, Yotes Court.
Tours, tastings and lunches must be booked online in advance. You can walk in to taste Edition I by the glass on the terrace or in the cellar door, on a first-come basis, and the shop needs no booking.
The Classic Cuvée Tasting is £25 for about 45 minutes. The tasting with a tour of the vineyards and winery is £60 for 1.5 to 2 hours, and the Flavours of Kent lunch is £140.
Wednesday to Sunday, 11am to 5.30pm from October to March and 11am to 6.30pm from April to September. The shop opens at 10.30am.
Children are welcome on the terrace for a soft drink but cannot join tours or tastings. Dogs on a lead are welcome on the terrace, but not in the cellar door or on tours.
Take a train to Chilham, about an hour from London St Pancras via Ashford, or direct from London Bridge or Charing Cross. The winery is about a 30-minute walk from the station.
It is a joint venture between Champagne Taittinger and its UK partner Hatch Mansfield, founded in 2015. Taittinger’s Chef de Cave blends the wines.
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