Eric Rodez, Champange Cuvee de Crayeres (Base 2021), NV Corison wines SO122025 This is Barbaresco for cellaring—dense

This is Barbaresco for cellaring—dense tannins that need time to unwind but promise decades of development

100% Pinot Meunier from sandy limestone

and Ceretto farms several hectares of it

So the team tasted a 1970s bottle

mountain-air expression of Alto Piemonte rather than the Langhe

Eric Rodez, Champange Cuvee de Crayeres (Base 2021), NV Corison wines SO122025 This is Barbaresco for cellaring—denseThe reference bottling from Ambonnay grower Eric Rodez, who learned his craft at Krug before farming his family's Grand Cru parcels organically and biodynamically. Cuvee des Crayeres is named for the chalk (craie) pits beneath the village and blends roughly 60% Pinot Noir with 40% Chardonnay, drawn from an average of 15 different wines spanning five or six vintages. That deep solera like reserve gives it both freshness and a mature, layered