Domaine Francois Chidaine, Vouvray Les Argiles Sec, 2024 so070825 NorthernRhoneOffer The traditional Champagne method—bottle fermentation

The traditional Champagne method—bottle fermentation

and shot through with sea salt

Peillot's Brut is always single-vintage

age-worthy Burgundy

Domaine Francois Chidaine, Vouvray Les Argiles Sec, 2024 so070825 NorthernRhoneOffer The traditional Champagne method—bottle fermentationDry Chenin Blanc from one of the Loire's biodynamic pioneers. Francois Chidaine took over his father's vines in 1989, farming organically from the early 1990s and converting to biodynamics in 1999 far ahead of the trend. Les Argiles comes from 40 year old vines on clay soils in Vouvray. Whole bunch pressed into steel, wild yeast fermentation that can take up to six months, aged 8 months on lees in large demi muid barrels, bottled unfiltered and dry,