Jacques Lassaigne Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature Clos Sainte Sophie 2019 core-no-restrictions complementing both delicate and bold

complementing both delicate and bold flavors

The sake has a lush palate of red cherries

then vanilla sweetness and a tingly

which is a fair summary of Filipa Pato's whole approach

this vintage shows the contrast of bright freshness against firm structure that I love seeing in Dolcetto

Jacques Lassaigne Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature Clos Sainte Sophie 2019 core-no-restrictions complementing both delicate and boldA walled clos in Champagne is rare enough; this one is the only one in the Aube, cut into the chalk hill of Montgueux outside Troyes. Emmanuel Lassaigne farms the roughly two acre Clos Sainte Sophie a parcel the Valton family held for about a century, and whose fruit Charles Heidsieck once bought for its top blends and bottles it on its own as a vintage dated Blanc de Blancs from vines past 40 years old. It ferments in used barrels, Cognac casks among