La Rogerie Champagne Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Chemin de Chalons Tirage 23 SPS21 Ntsiki Biyela grew up in

Ntsiki Biyela grew up in rural KwaZulu-Natal and hadn't even tasted wine before landing a life changing scholarship to Stellenbosch University

uncomplicated and completely convincing

That French sensibility shows up here as restraint

a far cry from extraction-heavy bottles

La Rogerie Champagne Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Chemin de Chalons Tirage 23 SPS21 Ntsiki Biyela grew up inLa Rogerie is the grower Champagne project of Justine Boxler and Francois Petit, working tiny grand cru holdings in the Cote des Blancs. This is a Blanc de Blancs from the Chemin de Chalons site, a parcel straddling Avize and Cramant, so 100% Chardonnay from prime chalk. The house style is low intervention and precise, the kind of bubbly that reads like terroir through a magnifying glass. Expect citrus, orchard fruit and a chalky, saline cut, with a