Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Brut Nature Fidele ['22 Base] NV 0426JACKSON He works with a light

He works with a light touch: hand-harvesting

it's one of the oldest Chenin Blanc parcels in California

Estournelles Saint-Jacques sits high on the slope above Lavaux Saint-Jacques

Intensely aromatic with notes that display both its fruity and earthy side

Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Brut Nature Fidele ['22 Base] NV 0426JACKSON He works with a lightFidele means faithful, and Bertrand Gautherot chose the name to describe the job: report the ground honestly, add nothing. This is his Pinot Noir, grown biodynamically in Buxieres sur Arce at the southern tip of Champagne, on the Kimmeridgian limestone that also underlies Chablis. It ferments with native yeasts in barrel and goes into bottle brut nature, meaning no sugar was added at the end to soften the edges. That takes nerve; it also means the