but also elegant in classic bourbon cocktails like a Manhattan or Old Fashioned
Vinification: Indigenous yeast fermentation
saline finish give it both energy and elegance
a blend from old hillside vines sourced across several growers
Jean-Marie Fourrier learned at the elbow of the legendary Henri Jayer
Jacques Lassaigne, Champagne Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Le Cotet, NV so032425 produttori 2020s cru offer but also elegant in classicEmmanuel 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,