'Blanc d'Argile' Champagne Brut Nature NV Grape|Folle Blanche

'Blanc d'Argile' Champagne Brut Nature NV Grape|Folle BlancheShow stopping biodynamic grower Champagne that will have the hairs on your arms standing on end. Truly sublime and unforgettable wine. We don't say that lightly! This comes from low yielding vines in the lieu dit 'Biaune', a cool parcel planted alongside the forest on Kimmeridgian soil. The Chardonnay vines are massal selections from Selosses 'Avize' and Dauvissat's Chablis Grand Cru vineyards. Oak aged in old 500 litre barrels before bottling for

At once more classical

earth and dense

this is mainly Sangiovese (90%) with blending grapes Canaiolo and Colorino making up the final 10%

A mix of Xarel

where it is then rested for a further three months before release

This is as old-school as it gets

It’s a powerful

The fruit is all ripe and dried apricot with a medicinal twang of sage

After three weeks of fermentation

The Spergola adding an integrated tannic structure that only improves and becomes further embedded with time

far from the gassy wines made under force-carbonation

this wine is an evocative