Alexandre Filaine Cuvee Speciale Brut, Champagne, France (2022-2021) 1.5L Magnum Piedrasassi when it was still run

when it was still run by the Church (it was called “block 74”)

sourced from the mid-slope Opok soils of Südsteiermark

Nervo (1896)

and no sulfur additions or filtration

This is the last vintage (2015) of Rocks & Gravel

Alexandre Filaine Cuvee Speciale Brut, Champagne, France (2022-2021) 1.5L Magnum Piedrasassi when it was still runAlexandre Filaine is the personal label of Fabrice Gass, who until just a few years ago was a longtime winemaker at Bollinger. Fabrice uses only organic practices in his vineyards, however due to his parcels all being relatively small, spread out and surrounded by multiple other growers who do not farm organically his wines fall under the lutte raisone label. Small amounts of sulfur is the only things he applies to his vineyards. The winemaking here