Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Brut Nature Fidele ['22 Base] NV CS20230804 a direct-pressed Pinot Noir vinified

a direct-pressed Pinot Noir vinified as a Blanc de Noirs from a blend of eight different terroirs across Les Riceys

from a family operation in Dijon that's been making liqueurs since 1836—now in its sixth generation under Vincent and Claire Briottet

Aglianico is a tannic beast by nature

Fermented entirely in concrete tanks and aged on the lees

modulating from rose-water charm through clean apple-orchard fruit

Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Brut Nature Fidele ['22 Base] NV CS20230804 a direct-pressed Pinot Noir vinifiedFidele 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