Domaine Philippe Tessier Pet-Nat Phil En Bulle NV NO WINE SEARCHER and beautifully balanced

and beautifully balanced

A Non-chill filtered scotch aged 70% in first-fill bourbon casks and 30% in sherry casks

Armida is a blend of three Straight Bourbon Whiskeys finished separately in Pear Brandy

The blend contains 30% reserve wine

Domaine Philippe Tessier Pet-Nat Phil En Bulle NV NO WINE SEARCHER and beautifully balancedThis is the only sparkling wine the Tessiers make, and they make it from two grapes almost nobody has heard of: Romorantin and Menu Pineau, both Loire natives. Methode ancestrale means a single fermentation that finishes in the bottle and here, remarkably, without any added sulfur at all. What separates it from the pet nat crowd is the time it spends resting on its lees before disgorgement, which gives real density under the fizz instead of just froth