Benoit Lahaye Champagne Extra Brut Blanc de Noirs NV Reasonable Cellar honey and baked apple notes

honey and baked apple notes predominating

lemon zest

citrus and spicy notes indicative of the Lowlands

This is intended to be a juniper-forward gin

A more robust

Benoit Lahaye Champagne Extra Brut Blanc de Noirs NV Reasonable Cellar honey and baked apple notesBenoit Lahaye is one of a tiny handful of Champagne growers who still plows his vineyards with a horse, part of a biodynamic conviction that has run deep since the 1990s in his Grand Cru village of Bouzy. This Blanc de Noirs is 100% Pinot Noir, a white Champagne made entirely from black grapes, bottled unfiltered and dosed barely at all. Farming this carefully lets him pick genuinely ripe fruit, so the wine stays pure and low dosage without ever