2018 R. Pouillon & Fils 'Les Chataigniers' Extra Brut Champagne, France Ribera del Duero The wine is 100% whole

The wine is 100% whole cluster fermented and the grapes are left for 7 days on their skin before aging entirely in neutral oak for 4 and a half months

but only around 22 Brix when they tasted of honey and full of acidity

Linda’s Vineyard is the northernmost high elevation Chardonnay vineyard in the Willamette Valley & Grape Ink is the exclusive producers of this vineyard site

open top fermentation in vat

2018 R. Pouillon & Fils 'Les Chataigniers' Extra Brut Champagne, France Ribera del Duero The wine is 100% wholeLes Chtaigniers is a vineyard parcel located in the village of Festigny on the left bank of the Marne valley. Here the concentration of clay in the soil makes this terroir an ideal expression for pinot meunier. Franois farms meunier vines of 10 and 25 years old with the same organic rigor he applies elsewhere.