Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Brut Nature Fidele ['22 Base] NV GROWER aged a year in American

aged a year in American oak in the classic Rioja style

Aromas of ripe yellow peach

and since the mid-1990s Federico Zileri Dal Verme has been crafting wines that aim for the appellation's hallmark elegance and longevity

This is Clos Lapeyre's flagship sweet Jurançon

intense orange blossom and peach on the nose

Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Brut Nature Fidele ['22 Base] NV GROWER aged a year in AmericanFidele means faithful, and Bertrand Gautherot chose the name to describe the job: report the ground honestly, add nothing. This is his Pinot Noir, grown biodynamically in Buxieres sur Arce at the southern tip of Champagne, on the Kimmeridgian limestone that also underlies Chablis. It ferments with native yeasts in barrel and goes into bottle brut nature, meaning no sugar was added at the end to soften the edges. That takes nerve; it also means the