Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Blanc d'Argile ['22 Base] NV NO20231018 aged in a mix of

aged in a mix of demi-muids and barrels (mostly older) to preserve aromatic lift

Chacra’s “Cincuenta y Cinco” comes from 1955-planted Pinot Noir vines in Patagonia’s Río Negro Valley

Medium-bodied and driven by tension rather than power — a California Pinot for people who like a little wilderness in the glass

drawing on a historic site once called Wildwood Ranch that supplied Heitz and Spring Mountain in the 1970s and 80s

Each harvest

Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Blanc d'Argile ['22 Base] NV NO20231018 aged in a mix ofBertrand 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