Barrat-Masson Champagne Extra Brut Grain d'Argile NV ['16 Base] SO20231109 alive with notes of rockrose

alive with notes of rockrose and aromatic herbs

with each parcel vinified on its own

and leave the wine on its lees for six to eight months

this wine captures the Auxey-Duresses terroir with precision and restraint

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Barrat-Masson Champagne Extra Brut Grain d'Argile NV ['16 Base] SO20231109 alive with notes of rockroseHe had sold his family's grapes to the local cooperative, where she worked as an oenologist, then in 2010 Loic Barrat and Aurelie Masson pulled out to make their own wine from their own vines. 'Grain d'Argile' means 'grain of clay,' a nod to the clay and chalk soils of Bethon in southern Champagne that give this cuvee its savory, wine like depth. It's a roughly even split of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, farmed organically and pressed the old fashioned