Lelarge-Pugeot 'Les Vignes de Gueux' Extra Brut 2016 Spain

Lelarge-Pugeot 'Les Vignes de Gueux' Extra Brut 2016 SpainLelarge Pugeot is a family owned Champagne domaine based in the village of Vrigny in the Montagne de Reims; they farm 42 tiny parcels spread across various terroirs in the region. We're particularly fond of their expressions of Pinot Meunier, the underdog variety in Champagne in general and certainly in the Montagne de Reims where Pinot Noir generally reigns supreme. This wine comes from a plot of 40 year old vines and was aged in the bottle six years

with notes of thyme

Her Weissburgunder

Coming from a winemaking family (COS is her uncle)

the vines at Quinta da Serradinha have thrived in their appellation of Encostas de Aire

this sake was only available at the Kunizakari brewery until recently

along with a slight effervescence

Eva Fricke is one of the Rheingau's highly lauded new generation of winemakers

In the winter

but it stays out of the way of the straightforward pleasure of this wine

pressed gently and matured for about a year before bottling with no fining or filtration and only minimal use of sulfites

Maule and two of his sons run the domaine now

Clear and polished