Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Blanc d'Argile ['22 Base] NV Consignment with silken supporting tannins

with silken supporting tannins

His Roero Arneis remains the benchmark expression — classy

with the backbone coming from an old Beltza vineyard planted in 1840 and kept alive by the family for generations

and 2023's slow

Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Blanc d'Argile ['22 Base] NV Consignment with silken supporting tanninsBertrand Gautherot farms a handful of hectares in Buxieres sur Arce, at the far southern end of Champagne, where the limestone under the vines is the same Kimmeridgian marl that runs beneath Chablis. He works biodynamically and keeps cows and chickens on the property, because he would rather the vines eat what the farm produces than what a bag delivers. Blanc d'Argile is his Chardonnay, from a parcel where clay sits over that limestone, fermented with