Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Brut Nature Fidele ['22 Base] NV CS20230804 from a family operation in

from a family operation in Dijon that's been making liqueurs since 1836—now in its sixth generation under Vincent and Claire Briottet

Somehow more than the sum of its parts

it ripens here only because the slopes are warm enough by day and cool enough by night to draw out a perfumed

Aglianico is a tannic beast by nature

Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Brut Nature Fidele ['22 Base] NV CS20230804 from a family operation inFidele 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