2012 Château de la Chaize Brouilly
“Old-school sharp, great with food.”
Wines and ciders under 13% alcohol, many much lower.
“Old-school sharp, great with food.”
“Like stepping into a glade, at sundown, in springtime.”
“Fine, clean lines and an acid-etched tracery of flowers and minerals and fruit.”
Porcelain, paperwhites, the fine, reedy bones of birds
“A mélange of super-ripe berries steeped with green melon and new-mown hay.”
“A clean stripe of tart red fruit across a plate of green and silver.”
The final article in this glittery series considers sparkling wines with a high interestingness quotient.
Refreshing, cleansing, spirited, restorative—sparkling wines that don’t insist on themselves. The third article in the series.
The second article in the series considers Elegant sparkling wines. Who can resist?
Elegant, opulent, refreshing, or interesting—sparkling wines teach your palate how to rejoice.
Emmanuel Lassaigne’s old-school winemaking yields Champagnes of crystalline transparency.
The tiny appellation of Rosé des Riceys, in the midst of Champagne, yields a gleaming, still rosé wine.