'Le Cotet’

Chardonnay, Champagne, France 

Le Cotet is the type to stare into their full length mirror from Ikea and ask, “who is the fairest of them all?”, but as a rhetorical question. Emmanuel Lassaigne is making some of the most exciting Champagne out of the “secret garden” that is Montgueux, where Emmanuel’s father Jacques replanted some of the village’s abandoned vineyards. 100% Chardonnay, planted between 1964 and 1967 on the chalky hillside furthest to the east in the Montgueux vineyards. Malolactic fermentation completes naturally, and there is no bâtonnage for this incredibly balanced & frothy babe. Aged on the lees for 24 months in a combination of stainless steel tanks and used Burgundy barrels (4-20 years old), and hand disgorged after three to five years in bottle. Pearpricot (pear+apricot), daffodil, Lucky Charms, oyster shell, sour-lemon custard pastry, chalkboard eraser, yellow pomelo & salty graham cracker. Open when the sun aligns with the moon, which aligns with the Earth, which aligns with your heart, xoxo.