Pierre Gerbais, Champagne Extra Brut Champs Viole, NV archived and soft tannins at a

and soft tannins at a light-to-medium body

the wine benefits from the region’s ideal growing conditions

refreshing enough to crave another glass

mineral slate character

Pierre Gerbais, Champagne Extra Brut Champs Viole, NV archived and soft tannins at aIn the Aube Champagne's southern outpost of Kimmeridgian limestone, closer to Chablis than to Reims the Gerbais family has spent four generations championing single parcels and rare grapes. "Champ Viole" is their pure Chardonnay Blanc de Blancs, named for the violets that bloom in a plot planted around 1989, and vinified with a low intervention hand: indigenous yeasts, minimal dosage, extended time on the lees. Now led by Aurelien Gerbais, this is