Remi Leroy Champagne Extra Brut NV ['22 Base] Domaine Michel Gros 2022 The wine balances richness with

The wine balances richness with lightly tart acidity

perched on a hilltop just four miles from the Pacific in the far northwestern West Sonoma Coast

Organically farmed bush vines

and the first vineyard as one crosses from Priorat into Montsant

made by a family that's been at it since 1787 using a unique two-pass harvest method: a first pick of grapes still bursting with acid (for the wine's backbone and 50-100-year aging potential)

Remi Leroy Champagne Extra Brut NV ['22 Base] Domaine Michel Gros 2022 The wine balances richness withRmi Leroy farms a small estate in the Cte des Bar, the southern outpost of Champagne that sits closer to Chablis than to Reims and increasingly draws the attention of drinkers chasing grower Champagne with a sense of place. Trained as both an oenologist and an agricultural engineer, Rmi farms his roughly nine hectares organically, with a focus on biodiversity and minimal intervention in the cellar. (And no no relation to the Domaine Leroy in