Imported by Free Run, Seattle WA.
88 % Chardonnay, 12% Pinot Noir. Côte des Blancs CH from grand cru vineyards in Chouilly; Montagne de Reims PN from premier cru parcels in Bisseuil. Some of the Chardonnay sees wood. Dosage: 5 g/l. Disgorged first semester 2013.
Coral pink. Shady intimations of balsam and sorrel surge ahead of the blood orange fruit; I would think 2010 base vintage. Wet forest trees, Chouilly chalk and those tiny woodland strawberries that set the paragon in your mind of what a strawberry is. Now – 2020+.