Gamet Champagne Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature Carres du Midi 2019 MARQUE Rice-growing capital of USA

Rice-growing capital of USA

and sweet spice

with 10% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot Noir

Aged initially in used bourbon and whiskey barrels

From a single Serra de' Conti hillside farmed organically and biodynamically

Gamet Champagne Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature Carres du Midi 2019 MARQUE Rice-growing capital of USANorth facing vineyards used to be a liability in Champagne. In a warming region they have quietly become an asset, and Carres du Midi is the argument: one north facing parcel in the village of Mardeuil, in the Marne Valley, planted to Pinot Noir back in 1969 and farmed by Marianne Gamet, the fourth generation here. Slower ripening means more tension, and Gamet doesn't sand any of it down the wine is fermented and aged in demi muids, spends 36 months