Offering up notes of white flowers
One of our most compelling bottles for anyone ready to go deeper into Burgundy without the Grand Cru price tag
and afterward apprenticed with vigneron Bruno Michel
closer to the terroir — run today by two generations of the Schmidt family who farm the vines sustainably and ferment with natural yeasts
) makes it a veritable Swiss army knife for pairings
2021 Alice Beaufort Le Petit Beaufort $25 and Under Offering up notes of whiteThe 2021 Alice Beaufort "Le Petit Beaufort" is a biodynamically farmed, hand disgorged sparkling Chardonnay made just outside the official Champagne appellation near the Aube all the pedigree, none of the AOC. Balanced and light on its feet, with white peach, white flowers, and a whisper of brioche, it carries a striking near copper hue despite being 100% Chardonnay the result of 30 months in barrel, two more years on the lees, zero dosage, and zero