Taittinger Champagne Brut La Francaise NV (375ml) CS20231023 Arlyn Vineyard in the Chehelam

Arlyn Vineyard in the Chehelam AVA and Gemini Vineyard in the Laurelwood District-all top-notch organic sites

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Indigenous varietals and their modern expressions

Taittinger Champagne Brut La Francaise NV (375ml) CS20231023 Arlyn Vineyard in the ChehelamThe half bottle is an underrated format: two good glasses, no commitment, no flat Champagne going sad in the fridge door. This is Taittinger's house wine, and its house style is Chardonnay forward at roughly 40% of the blend, unusually high for a big house non vintage, with Pinot Noir and Meunier filling in the middle. It spends close to four years on its lees in the chalk cellars beneath Reims, far past the legal minimum, which is where the texture