Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Brut Nature Fidele ['22 Base] NV Wine Bar | Featured Red The Sassettis are unrepentant traditionalists:

The Sassettis are unrepentant traditionalists: three years in big Slavonian casks

and the 2004 is an equal blend of Cabernet Sauvignon

vanilla crème

with fortnightly (that’s every two weeks) battonage for 8 months after which is was racked and bottled

Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Brut Nature Fidele ['22 Base] NV Wine Bar | Featured Red The Sassettis are unrepentant traditionalists:Fidele 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