Pehu Simonet Champagne BdB Extra Brut Fins Lieux #6 Les Basses Correttes Verzenay 2016 hide-gift-message and they make it from

and they make it from two grapes almost nobody has heard of: Romorantin and Menu Pineau

and immediately likable

Fermented in concrete tanks

Surprising savory grain character on the palate with a hint of brothy salinity

Located in the Ténarèze appellation—where terrain shifts from sand to clay and limestone—their Armagnac is traditionally single-distilled in the alambic armagnacais

Pehu Simonet Champagne BdB Extra Brut Fins Lieux #6 Les Basses Correttes Verzenay 2016 hide-gift-message and they make it fromHere's the curveball: Blanc de Blancs from Verzenay, a Grand Cru village so synonymous with Pinot Noir that finding Chardonnay here at all is unusual, let alone a single parcel bottling. Pehu Simonet is a top grower in the village, and the Fins Lieux series is their lieu dit by lieu dit deep dive #6 comes from Les Basses Correttes, a small parcel that gives this wine its singular character. Extra Brut dosage keeps it bone dry, letting Verzenay's chalk