Barrat-Masson Champagne Extra Brut Grain d'Argile NV ['16 Base] 052626OFFER A pleasant mix of red

A pleasant mix of red berry and citrus fruit

Bombay Sapphire passes alcohol vapor through a copper basket containing ten botanicals—juniper

It's 50% direct press chardonnay blended with 50% skin contact chardonnay

the 2021 has settled into something broad and textural rather than merely fruity

and piquant fruit waft off the beer like smoke off the altar

Barrat-Masson Champagne Extra Brut Grain d'Argile NV ['16 Base] 052626OFFER A pleasant mix of redHe had sold his family's grapes to the local cooperative, where she worked as an oenologist, then in 2010 Loic Barrat and Aurelie Masson pulled out to make their own wine from their own vines. 'Grain d'Argile' means 'grain of clay,' a nod to the clay and chalk soils of Bethon in southern Champagne that give this cuvee its savory, wine like depth. It's a roughly even split of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, farmed organically and pressed the old fashioned