Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Brut Nature Fidele ['22 Base] NV Wine Bar | Featured Red vanilla crème

vanilla crème

This bottling comes from the Clos de la Crochette in the village of Chardonnay itself

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

Delicate mid-palate fruit wrapped in substantial tannins reveals hidden complexity as the wine evolves—a benchmark expression of Pommard's finest terroir

2000 was a benchmark vintage and du Tertre delivered handsomely

Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Brut Nature Fidele ['22 Base] NV Wine Bar | Featured Red vanilla crèmeFidele 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