Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Brut Nature Fidele ['22 Base] NV CS20230804 Fermented entirely in concrete tanks

Fermented entirely in concrete tanks and aged on the lees

it ripens here only because the slopes are warm enough by day and cool enough by night to draw out a perfumed

Somehow more than the sum of its parts

Jankara farms eight hectares between Luras and Sant'Antonio di Gallura

Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Brut Nature Fidele ['22 Base] NV CS20230804 Fermented entirely in concrete tanksFidele means faithful, and Bertrand Gautherot chose the name to describe the job: report the ground honestly, add nothing. This is his Pinot Noir, grown biodynamically in Buxieres sur Arce at the southern tip of Champagne, on the Kimmeridgian limestone that also underlies Chablis. It ferments with native yeasts in barrel and goes into bottle brut nature, meaning no sugar was added at the end to soften the edges. That takes nerve; it also means the