NV Lelarge-Pugeot Tradition Champagne

NV Lelarge-Pugeot Tradition ChampagneEighth generation winemakers, making champagne under their family domaine since the 80s, and certified organic & biodynamic vineyards what's not to love?! Especially since it's a Pinot Meunier driven cuve, making this bottle even more of a unicorn (the Premier Cru village of Vrigny, where Lelarge Pugeot is based, is famous for it). Three years aged to deliciousness and set to an extra brut level makes it the ultimate crowd pleasing and tastebud

structured

In a region scarred by industrial-scale production (Remember Riunite

bright acidity

Well it’s not just an outward appearance: the Chastenay sparklers come from fruit sourced from the Côtes de Nuits and Côtes De Beaune in Burgundy (a welcome contrast to most Crémant de Bourgognes that are made from fruit in the Mâconnais

rugged and wind-swept enough to make Heathcliff blush

Two words: weird and wonderful

Nicolas Reau was a professional pianist in training who spent most of his adult life believing winemaking was for people who'd inherited land

rather subjective

crushable-as-can-be Primitivo from Puglia

Pavette pulls from several of the most distinct

this is gorgeous stuff

My tasting notes for this one practically read like an expletive-laden e