Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Brut Nature Fidele ['22 Base] NV 0426JACKSON Fully barrel-fermented with no lees

Fully barrel-fermented with no lees stirring and a short eight months in mostly neutral oak

Estournelles Saint-Jacques sits high on the slope above Lavaux Saint-Jacques

18 months in barrel

The finish has a touch of dried fruits and spice

Intensely aromatic with notes that display both its fruity and earthy side

Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Brut Nature Fidele ['22 Base] NV 0426JACKSON Fully barrel-fermented with no leesFidele 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