Art Terre, 2022

Champagne from one grower's own vines in Chamery, with no sugar added before corking: the driest style there is.

Thomas Perseval came home to his family's vines in Chamery, a premier cru village on the Montagne de Reims, and converted them to organic farming. Art'Terre blends Pinot Noir, Meunier and Chardonnay, fermented with wild yeasts in used oak barrels, then released with no dosage, the dash of sweetened wine most Champagne gets before corking. The result is taut and razor-precise: fine bubbles, chalky minerality and a salty edge, with time on its lees (the spent yeast) softening the corners.