Pascal Doquet, Champagne Grand Cru Extra Brut, NV (Base 1998) SO112025 Guiberteau originally planted in 1978 and

originally planted in 1978 and still tended by the McKenzie-Mueller family that put them in the ground

For fans of Loire reds

developing rich black cherry and blueberry notes with undertones of damp earth and spring flowers

This is Champagne for those who chase the stone—Crémant de Bourgogne in its most minerally ambitious form

It combines ripe orchard fruit and chalky tension with extraordinary finesse

Pascal Doquet, Champagne Grand Cru Extra Brut, NV (Base 1998) SO112025 Guiberteau originally planted in 1978 andGrand Cru grower Champagne hiding in plain sight: Pascal Doquet owns some of the choicest parcels in the Cote des Blancs, including Grand Cru vines in Le Mesnil sur Oger, the same hallowed village home to Salon and Krug's Le Mesnil (his Vertus holdings are Premier Cru). So why isn't he famous? He'd rather talk about his vines than his cellar work, and his relative anonymity is exactly what lets bottles like this stay (deliciously) under the radar. The