a blend from old hillside vines sourced across several growers
schist-and-granite slopes
Jean-Marie Fourrier learned at the elbow of the legendary Henri Jayer
The exception to the exception to the rule: a Bourgogne Passetoutgrain built not from outlying sites but from fruit of legendary villages
his son Jason Lett carries the estate forward with the same restrained
Jacques Lassaigne, Champagne Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Le Cotet, NV so032425 produttori 2020s cru offer a blend from old hillsideEmmanuel 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,