Pehu Simonet Champagne BdB Extra Brut Fins Lieux #6 Les Basses Correttes Verzenay 2016 hide-gift-message where vineyards sit at 2

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Fermented in concrete tanks

the owner’s family has been making traditional Japanese alcoholic beverages

and they make it from two grapes almost nobody has heard of: Romorantin and Menu Pineau

Medium bodied with aromas of white pepper and garden vegetables

Pehu Simonet Champagne BdB Extra Brut Fins Lieux #6 Les Basses Correttes Verzenay 2016 hide-gift-message where vineyards sit at 2Here's the curveball: Blanc de Blancs from Verzenay, a Grand Cru village so synonymous with Pinot Noir that finding Chardonnay here at all is unusual, let alone a single parcel bottling. Pehu Simonet is a top grower in the village, and the Fins Lieux series is their lieu dit by lieu dit deep dive #6 comes from Les Basses Correttes, a small parcel that gives this wine its singular character. Extra Brut dosage keeps it bone dry, letting Verzenay's chalk