Stephane Ogier Saint Joseph Le Passage 2022 Grower Champagne and Chardonnay from Premier Cru

and Chardonnay from Premier Cru plots

Although Prosecco is often seen as a simple sparkler

fermented and smoked rhubarb

with vines planted in 1966 and 1986

giving it a touch more flesh while Givry's bright limestone keeps it honest

Stephane Ogier Saint Joseph Le Passage 2022 Grower Champagne and Chardonnay from Premier CruSaint Joseph sprawls: some fifty kilometers of riverbank, and plenty of it flat and forgettable. The good stuff comes off granite, and Stephane Ogier goes and gets it. "Le Passage" is Syrah from steep granite slopes around Malleval, Limony and Saint Pierre de Boeuf, hand harvested, fermented with native yeasts, then aged twelve months in barrel, just ten percent of it new, so the wood never announces itself. Ogier is a Cote Rotie man by trade, and it