2019 Marie Courtin, Eloquence Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut, Champagne, France Frantz Saumon Some great flavors and nuanced

Some great flavors and nuanced characteristics often don't come out until  fermentation is almost finished and this allows me to capture those while maintaining vibrancy and elegance

The fruit was treated very gently during fermentation and moved to old barrique for 18months before bottling

This wine boasts clarity and precision

just east of Chablis

and the finished mistelle rests at least a year in barrel before release

2019 Marie Courtin, Eloquence Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut, Champagne, France Frantz Saumon Some great flavors and nuancedSingle parcel of Chardonnay located in the village of Polisot near the Pinot vineyard in the Cote des Bars. Massale selection, low vigor rootstock, 15 20 yr old vines. SOIL: Clay and Kimmerdigian Limestone bands similar to those found in Chablis. The Cotes des Bar is closer in proximity to Chablis than to Epernay. VITICULTURE: Farmed biodynamically and hand harvested. VINIFICATION: Fermented in used barriques using native yeasts. AGING: Aged in used