Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Blanc d'Argile ['22 Base] NV (1.5L) NO20231101 In Lafon's hands it stays

In Lafon's hands it stays precise and energetic rather than heavy

Camarda's preferred approach

Grifalco is part of the wave pushing it further

an obscure pocket of the upper Loire where the Serol family has been farming granite slopes for generations

Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Blanc d'Argile ['22 Base] NV (1.5L) NO20231101 In Lafon's hands it staysThis is the format Gautherot's Chardonnay was built for: a magnum ages more slowly, and this is a Champagne with the structure to reward the wait. He farms biodynamically in Buxieres sur Arce, in the far south of Champagne, on Kimmeridgian limestone shared with Chablis, with cows and chickens on the property to keep the farm feeding itself. Blanc d'Argile comes from a parcel where clay lies over that limestone, fermented with native yeasts in barrel