The ‘Champagne Season II’ ’ 3-pack
We’re fully into December, which means it’s time for you to recharge your Champagne supply. It’s also high time for you to learn about three of the new boutique names that matter in the region.
These three producers are making real waves (and a couple are quite young), so tasting through their wines should supply some keen insight into the fresh, energetic perspective that has taken hold in the world's premier sparkling wine area.
Each bottle also highlights one of Champagne’s major grape varieties, so it’s a chance to zero in on the keen differences between that holy trinity of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Meunier.
Orders placed today for the 'Champagne Season II' will be available for pickup starting Friday, December 27th.
The ‘Champagne Season II’ ’ 3-pack $205, one bottle of each:
Champagne, A. Bergere, ‘Origine’ Brut, France, NV
Bergere’s family has been growing grapes and making wine in an obscure corner of Champagne called the Petit Morin valley for nearly 200 years, but they weren’t afraid to let him branch out and create Champagne in his own image. His wines are effusive, textured, and beautifully wild in their nature. Mostly Chardonnay with a little Pinot Noir and Meunier, it’s vivacious and salty.
Champagne, Christophe Mignon, ‘ADN de Meunier’ Brut Nature, France, NV
Among our favorite expressions of the Meunier grape (these days in Champagne it’s hip to drop the word Pinot here), Christophe is not only a specialist with the grape, he’s also a bit of a mystic and a biodynamic wizard. Anyone who thinks Meunier can’t hang with Pinot Noir needs to taste this. It is ultra-invigorating, flashing bright fruit like a sharp blade. Wow.
Champagne, Adrien Renoir, ‘Le Cepage’ Extra Brut, Verzy Grand Cru, France, NV
100% Pinot Noir from the Grand Cru village of Verzy, made by Adrien Renoir, who—at the tender age of 30—is making very impressive wines that showcase not only his skill but the depth of his vineyard terroir. A brilliant combo of stony minerality, high berry fruit, and a faint toasty edge from some barrel usage, this is new-wave, inspired Champagne at its height.
—SG
We’re fully into December, which means it’s time for you to recharge your Champagne supply. It’s also high time for you to learn about three of the new boutique names that matter in the region.
These three producers are making real waves (and a couple are quite young), so tasting through their wines should supply some keen insight into the fresh, energetic perspective that has taken hold in the world's premier sparkling wine area.
Each bottle also highlights one of Champagne’s major grape varieties, so it’s a chance to zero in on the keen differences between that holy trinity of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Meunier.
Orders placed today for the 'Champagne Season II' will be available for pickup starting Friday, December 27th.
The ‘Champagne Season II’ ’ 3-pack $205, one bottle of each:
Champagne, A. Bergere, ‘Origine’ Brut, France, NV
Bergere’s family has been growing grapes and making wine in an obscure corner of Champagne called the Petit Morin valley for nearly 200 years, but they weren’t afraid to let him branch out and create Champagne in his own image. His wines are effusive, textured, and beautifully wild in their nature. Mostly Chardonnay with a little Pinot Noir and Meunier, it’s vivacious and salty.
Champagne, Christophe Mignon, ‘ADN de Meunier’ Brut Nature, France, NV
Among our favorite expressions of the Meunier grape (these days in Champagne it’s hip to drop the word Pinot here), Christophe is not only a specialist with the grape, he’s also a bit of a mystic and a biodynamic wizard. Anyone who thinks Meunier can’t hang with Pinot Noir needs to taste this. It is ultra-invigorating, flashing bright fruit like a sharp blade. Wow.
Champagne, Adrien Renoir, ‘Le Cepage’ Extra Brut, Verzy Grand Cru, France, NV
100% Pinot Noir from the Grand Cru village of Verzy, made by Adrien Renoir, who—at the tender age of 30—is making very impressive wines that showcase not only his skill but the depth of his vineyard terroir. A brilliant combo of stony minerality, high berry fruit, and a faint toasty edge from some barrel usage, this is new-wave, inspired Champagne at its height.
—SG
We’re fully into December, which means it’s time for you to recharge your Champagne supply. It’s also high time for you to learn about three of the new boutique names that matter in the region.
These three producers are making real waves (and a couple are quite young), so tasting through their wines should supply some keen insight into the fresh, energetic perspective that has taken hold in the world's premier sparkling wine area.
Each bottle also highlights one of Champagne’s major grape varieties, so it’s a chance to zero in on the keen differences between that holy trinity of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Meunier.
Orders placed today for the 'Champagne Season II' will be available for pickup starting Friday, December 27th.
The ‘Champagne Season II’ ’ 3-pack $205, one bottle of each:
Champagne, A. Bergere, ‘Origine’ Brut, France, NV
Bergere’s family has been growing grapes and making wine in an obscure corner of Champagne called the Petit Morin valley for nearly 200 years, but they weren’t afraid to let him branch out and create Champagne in his own image. His wines are effusive, textured, and beautifully wild in their nature. Mostly Chardonnay with a little Pinot Noir and Meunier, it’s vivacious and salty.
Champagne, Christophe Mignon, ‘ADN de Meunier’ Brut Nature, France, NV
Among our favorite expressions of the Meunier grape (these days in Champagne it’s hip to drop the word Pinot here), Christophe is not only a specialist with the grape, he’s also a bit of a mystic and a biodynamic wizard. Anyone who thinks Meunier can’t hang with Pinot Noir needs to taste this. It is ultra-invigorating, flashing bright fruit like a sharp blade. Wow.
Champagne, Adrien Renoir, ‘Le Cepage’ Extra Brut, Verzy Grand Cru, France, NV
100% Pinot Noir from the Grand Cru village of Verzy, made by Adrien Renoir, who—at the tender age of 30—is making very impressive wines that showcase not only his skill but the depth of his vineyard terroir. A brilliant combo of stony minerality, high berry fruit, and a faint toasty edge from some barrel usage, this is new-wave, inspired Champagne at its height.
—SG