Jacques Lassaigne, Champagne Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Le Cotet, NV so032425 produttori 2020s cru offer saline finish give it both

saline finish give it both energy and elegance

The exception to the exception to the rule: a Bourgogne Passetoutgrain built not from outlying sites but from fruit of legendary villages

schist-and-granite slopes

or triple-cream cheeses (yes

raspberry—complemented by subtle earthy notes of forest floor

Jacques Lassaigne, Champagne Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Le Cotet, NV so032425 produttori 2020s cru offer saline finish give it bothEmmanuel Lassaigne is the cult grower of Montgueux, an isolated chalk hill near Troyes that locals call the Montrachet of Champagne for the astonishing Chardonnay it grows. 'Le Cotet' is his single vineyard bottling from the first parcel his father Jacques planted back in the 1960s, now old vines on the chalkiest, eastern edge of the hill. Farmed organically, fermented with wild yeast, kept in a solera style reserve system, and dosed barely if at all,