Grand Cru Mailly Blanc de Noirs, 2017

A Champagne from a single old-vine plot that most of the village sends to the co-op.

A white Champagne made entirely from Pinot Noir, a red grape, grown on a tiny plot of sixty-year-old vines in the Grand Cru village of Mailly. Kirsch and citrus oil, a cool lick of mint and liquorice, with cedar and tobacco underneath. Very little dosage, so it stays nervy and pure. It has real depth and keeps opening up in the glass.