Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Grands Crus 2014 [NET] LD25SALE and best with a serious

and best with a serious chill on it

Cabernet Franc has quietly become one of Washington's most compelling varieties

Changes in what the bees are pollinating from spring to fall will create subtle differences from batch to batch

vibrant winemaking that captures both fruit and terroir without overwhelm—fermented with native yeasts and aged in mostly neutral oak to let the vineyard speak

From the producer: Manchester Ridge Vineyard sits at a 2

Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Grands Crus 2014 [NET] LD25SALE and best with a seriousComtes de Champagne is Taittinger's flagship, and it only gets made in vintages the house actually believes in. It is 100% Chardonnay from grand cru villages of the Cote des Blancs, Avize and Cramant and Chouilly and Oger and Le Mesnil sur Oger, and only the first press makes the cut. It then sits for close to a decade in the chalk cellars under Reims, quarried by the Gallo Romans and later put to use by the monks of the Saint Nicaise abbey. What