Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Brut Nature Fidele ['22 Base] NV CS20230804 Jankara farms eight hectares between

Jankara farms eight hectares between Luras and Sant'Antonio di Gallura

from a family operation in Dijon that's been making liqueurs since 1836—now in its sixth generation under Vincent and Claire Briottet

Somehow more than the sum of its parts

Fermented entirely in concrete tanks and aged on the lees

Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Brut Nature Fidele ['22 Base] NV CS20230804 Jankara farms eight hectares betweenFidele 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