Hubert Soreau, born in the town of Maubeuge, in the far north of France on the border with Belgium, moved to Champagne with his family in the 1990s, near the famous parcel "Le Clos l'Abbé" just outside Epernay. Originally planted in the 9th century, this parcel has a long history also recalled in the writings by the Abbot Saint Martin d’Epernay in the 17th century and known for the production of Champagne.