
2021
Region
France › Auvergne › Vin de France
Type
white · ancestral · sparkling · brut-nature
Grapes
Chardonnay, Silvaner, Chenin Blanc
Alcohol
12.5%
Volume
750 mL
Serhii poured this blind just to torture me. Mission accomplished, the bastard.
Fuck me, completely wrong-footed. Was convinced it was some Loire Chenin - half-right, but turns out there's also Chardonnay from Auvergne and Sylvaner from Alsace in here (or so Serhii tells me - impossible to verify this madness online). Cooked onions, quince and pear jam, cinnamon. Intensely oxidative and bright, with this bitter-sweet tension that actually works. Buttery weight carries it all. Confusing as hell but properly delicious.