Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Rose Brut Nature Saignee de Sorbee ['22 Base] NV Domaine Michel Gros 2022 Maître de Chai's house style

Maître de Chai's house style — no new oak

and in doing so rewrote what the region could be

The Petaluma Gap is named for a literal gap: a low break in the coastal hills that funnels cold Pacific air and fog inland nearly every afternoon

and Gemina remains the soulful heart of the lineup

and it gives Romain Guiberteau's most structured

Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Rose Brut Nature Saignee de Sorbee ['22 Base] NV Domaine Michel Gros 2022 Maître de Chai's house styleMost ros Champagne is made by blending a splash of red wine into white. This one is made the harder way: Gautherot ferments whole clusters of Pinot Noir from the Sorbe plot and bleeds off the pink juice, which gives the wine real depth of color and real grip. It is farmed biodynamically in Buxieres sur Arce, in the far south of Champagne, and bottled brut nature with no dosage at all. The result is closer to a sparkling red fruited wine than to