Bereche et Fils Coteaux Champenois Blanc Grand Cru Ay 2023 no ups limestone plateau where the grape

limestone plateau where the grape gets to keep its manners

Despite its intensity and girth

Column-distilled by an undisclosed distillery in El Salvador from estate-grown sugarcane molasses and aged for an initial 10 years in the tropical climate of El Salvador

and you taste that minerality alongside dark cherry

Wildly drinkable and bursting with hop aroma

Bereche et Fils Coteaux Champenois Blanc Grand Cru Ay 2023 no ups limestone plateau where the grapeA rare still white from Champagne, made by one of the region's most precise growers from the grand cru village of Ay, a place far better known for powerful Pinot Noir in sparkling wine. Bereche turns the convention on its head here, bottling Chardonnay as a still Coteaux Champenois that shows off Ay's chalk in a whole new light. Brothers Raphael and Vincent farm their parcels meticulously and chase site expression above all else. The result is taut