Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Blanc d'Argile ['22 Base] NV CACOFFER and Chardonnay from Premier Cru

and Chardonnay from Premier Cru plots

A reliable

Terroir's decades of research translate brilliantly into the bottle

A versatile

Aged 9 years in the tropics and one year in France for a total of 10 years

Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Blanc d'Argile ['22 Base] NV CACOFFER and Chardonnay from Premier CruBertrand Gautherot farms a handful of hectares in Buxieres sur Arce, at the far southern end of Champagne, where the limestone under the vines is the same Kimmeridgian marl that runs beneath Chablis. He works biodynamically and keeps cows and chickens on the property, because he would rather the vines eat what the farm produces than what a bag delivers. Blanc d'Argile is his Chardonnay, from a parcel where clay sits over that limestone, fermented with