Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Blanc d'Argile ['22 Base] NV (1.5L) GERAUS is half Nero d'Avola for

is half Nero d'Avola for structure and half Frappato for lift

Roberto Conterno

Intensely mineral Macon at a steal

raised the old way in large Slavonian oak

56-acre Pinot Noir vineyard at 700-800 feet just north of Annapolis

Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Blanc d'Argile ['22 Base] NV (1.5L) GERAUS is half Nero d'Avola forThis is the format Gautherot's Chardonnay was built for: a magnum ages more slowly, and this is a Champagne with the structure to reward the wait. He farms biodynamically in Buxieres sur Arce, in the far south of Champagne, on Kimmeridgian limestone shared with Chablis, with cows and chickens on the property to keep the farm feeding itself. Blanc d'Argile comes from a parcel where clay lies over that limestone, fermented with native yeasts in barrel