Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Brut Nature Fidele ['22 Base] NV GROWER intense orange blossom and peach

intense orange blossom and peach on the nose

This is Clos Lapeyre's flagship sweet Jurançon

Since Duckhorn acquired Massican in 2022

the estate assembles its 'Alma' Brut from dozens of separately fermented parcels

aged a year in American oak in the classic Rioja style

Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Brut Nature Fidele ['22 Base] NV GROWER intense orange blossom and peachFidele means faithful, and Bertrand Gautherot chose the name to describe the job: report the ground honestly, add nothing. This is his Pinot Noir, grown biodynamically in Buxieres sur Arce at the southern tip of Champagne, on the Kimmeridgian limestone that also underlies Chablis. It ferments with native yeasts in barrel and goes into bottle brut nature, meaning no sugar was added at the end to soften the edges. That takes nerve; it also means the