2019 Marie Courtin, Eloquence Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut, Champagne, France Frantz Saumon good minerality

good minerality

just east of Chablis

This wine boasts clarity and precision

and the finished mistelle rests at least a year in barrel before release

from 100+ year old vines in Contra Costa County

2019 Marie Courtin, Eloquence Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut, Champagne, France Frantz Saumon good mineralitySingle parcel of Chardonnay located in the village of Polisot near the Pinot vineyard in the Cote des Bars. Massale selection, low vigor rootstock, 15 20 yr old vines. SOIL: Clay and Kimmerdigian Limestone bands similar to those found in Chablis. The Cotes des Bar is closer in proximity to Chablis than to Epernay. VITICULTURE: Farmed biodynamically and hand harvested. VINIFICATION: Fermented in used barriques using native yeasts. AGING: Aged in used