2020 Tom Gauditiabois Exploration 8 Brut Nature, Champagne, France Jean Grivot ranging from raspberries to blackberries

ranging from raspberries to blackberries

While other producers make their 5-year-old wines by the estufa method (avoiding the expense of barrel aging)

3 plots in Vignois

Native yeast fermentation and aging in a mix of stainless and older barrels

An extraordinary wine

2020 Tom Gauditiabois Exploration 8 Brut Nature, Champagne, France Jean Grivot ranging from raspberries to blackberries85% Pinot Noir and 15% Chardonnay from 60 yr old vines planed on limestone in the village of Chzy sur Marne. Before settling back in his familys home village of Chzy sur Marne, Gauditiabois cut his teeth as an apprentice under Jacques Selosse in Avize. Hes taken a similarly rigorous approach back in the Marne: organic farming in the vineyards, and a natural, vinous approach in the cellarusing indigenous yeasts, native fermentations, little or no added