Brocard Pierre Champagne Extra Brut Contree Noire 2018 NO20230830 is blended with 13% Pinot

is blended with 13% Pinot Noir red wine from the historical parcel ‘Clos Colin’

and rye-induced spice

and the Grand Reserve is where the Champagne half of that brain trust really shows

the blend was made immediately after harvest and the wine was aged in a combination of French oak foudres and stainless steel tanks

then aged in neutral vessels to let the varietal's personality emerge unfettered

Brocard Pierre Champagne Extra Brut Contree Noire 2018 NO20230830 is blended with 13% PinotGrower Champagne from the Cote des Bar, the wild south of the region that's been quietly stealing the spotlight. Thibaud Brocard, fifth generation, refocused the family house on single vineyard, single vintage, single grape bottlings, and this is Pinot Noir at its most transparent: a Blanc de Noirs (a white wine from a red grape) off one organically farmed plot planted back in 1962. Nearly five years on the lees give it depth, and a low dosage Extra