Pierre Gerbais, Champagne Extra Brut Champ Viole, NV zzSTUCKqIS1 Sur lie aging adds subtle

Sur lie aging adds subtle richness while preserving the wine's signature bright acidity and saline minerality

dried fruits like apricot and fig

a specific piece of albariza chalk land that gives this wine more concentration and personality than the house's famous La Gitana bottling

aged 12 months in used barrels

This single-vineyard Riesling from Keuka Spring is an incredible value from a southwest-sloping site on Seneca Lake

Pierre Gerbais, Champagne Extra Brut Champ Viole, NV zzSTUCKqIS1 Sur lie aging adds subtlePierre Gerbais's single parcel Blanc de Blancs from Celles sur Ource in the Aube, where Aurelien Gerbais farms a Kimmeridgian rich, Chablis like terroir under organic principles. Champ Viole is a south facing parcel of Chardonnay, vinified in stainless steel and blended with their perpetual reserve (started in 2011), aged 36 months on the lees and finished at extra brut dosage. Production is tiny, roughly 7,700 bottles. The aging in solera style