Pehu Simonet Champagne BdB Extra Brut Fins Lieux #6 Les Basses Correttes Verzenay 2016 NO20231108 and disgorged to order so

and disgorged to order so it shows up fresh instead of tired

by a former restaurateur who plants hybrids because the classic varieties would die in the ground up there

fog-influenced AVA in the southeastern corner of the valley where the marine air rolls in off San Pablo Bay and the volcanic soils keep things mineral

never chemically weeded

and ages the wine in neutral Burgundy barrels for 10 months

Pehu Simonet Champagne BdB Extra Brut Fins Lieux #6 Les Basses Correttes Verzenay 2016 NO20231108 and disgorged to order soHere's the curveball: Blanc de Blancs from Verzenay, a Grand Cru village so synonymous with Pinot Noir that finding Chardonnay here at all is unusual, let alone a single parcel bottling. Pehu Simonet is a top grower in the village, and the Fins Lieux series is their lieu dit by lieu dit deep dive #6 comes from Les Basses Correttes, a small parcel that gives this wine its singular character. Extra Brut dosage keeps it bone dry, letting Verzenay's chalk