Fizz, Sparkle, Joy!

Deboutbertin | Gogo Gadget Aux Bulles 2020
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Perrine Fresne | Sarmate 2
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Jérôme Lambert | de L’air 2021 

Perrine Fresne | Le Mahomet Rosé de Saignée
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Jérôme Lambert | L’air de Rien 2020
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Tailleurs Cueilleurs | Sarvazo 2022 

Sparkling wine (pét-nat) | crown-cap
50% Chenin Blanc, 25% Pineau d’Aunis, 25% Grolleau
24-months on-lees in bottle
1,000 bottles made

Sparkling wine (pét-nat) | crown-cap
50% Chenin Blanc, 25% Pineau d’Aunis, 25% Grolleau
24-months on-lees in bottle
1,000 bottles made
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Incorporating a blend with black grapes pressed as white wine adds unusual aromas: white pepper, dried roses, all subtle undercurrent. Fresh, incisive and mineral-tinged, but quite textured. Tonic juice to start any drinking session. Delicious. No SO2 added.

Sparkling wine (pét-nat) | crown-cap
Chenin Blanc
40-yo vines planted on schist
12-months on-lees in bottle

Sparkling wine (pét-nat) | crown-cap
Chenin Blanc
40-yo vines planted on schist
12-months on-lees in bottle
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Crystalline and perfectly mature, so natural and so tonic. It keeps drawing you in: slight reduction, a touch of smoke, then honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, talcum powder and pear. Focused and vinous, but also tender and succulent in spite of its elevated kinetic energy. A brilliant testimony from one of the region’s foremost zero-zero heroes and indisputable master of pét-nat. A cult. No SO2 added.

Sparkling rosé (pét-nat) | crown-cap
Gamay, Grolleau
Direct press
24-months on-lees in bottle

Sparkling rosé (pét-nat) | crown-cap
Gamay, Grolleau
Direct press
24-months on-lees in bottle
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Very pretty blush. Pure and zippy, yet soft and rounded. More vinous than natty. Cranberry, cherry and blood orange, quenching like natural spring water. A brilliant aperitif and remarkably gastronomic, particularly for delicate meats. The master’s touch is unmistakable in its innate elegance. Zero sulphite added.

Champagne | Rosé
50% Pinot Noir, 50% Pinot Meunier (maceration)
Harvest 2021
Disgorged February 2024
3 g/L dosage (Extra Brut)
600 bottles made

From a lieu dit in Villers aux Noeuds premier cru. The second single-vineyard cuvée Champagne from Perrine Fresne. Half-and-half of Pinot Noir and Meunier co-planted in the same vineyard from vines aged over 60-years on sandy limestone soil. Macerated for 14 hours, then aged for 10 months in old oak barrels. Fabulous perfume of strawberry, cherries and wet earth. Vinous yet weightless, creamy yet zesty, the flavours animate and evolve endlessly. A very pale red wine with a zesty, saline effervescence. A terrific, highly classy, singular rosé Champagne.

Champagne | White
37% PN, 37% CH, 26% PM
Harvest 2020 - 73%, perpetual reserve - 27%
2 g/L dosage (Extra Brut)
200 magnums made

Champagne | White
37% PN, 37% CH, 26% PM
Harvest 2020 - 73%, perpetual reserve - 27%
2 g/L dosage (Extra Brut)
200 magnums made
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Inaugural Champagne for Perrine Fresne. 100% Sermiers premier cru fruits from ~45-yo vines from select micro-plots to create a cuvée that represents the village. "Sarmate" is what people from Sermiers is called.
[Vinous 93 points:]
"This is the first wine from Perrine Fresne, and it is impressive… Rich and ample on the palate, with terrific resonance, Sarmate I is immediately impressive. I admire its depth, complexity and sheer character. Time in the glass brings out hints of kirsch, rose petals, spice and dried flowers. This is a fabulous debut, to say the least."

Champagne | White
42% CH, 40% PM, 18% PN
Harvest 2021 - 50%, perpetual reserve - 50%
Disgorged February 2024
3 g/L dosage (Extra Brut)
3,432 bottles made

"Sarmate" is what people from Sermiers is called. From ~45-yo vines from select micro-plots across Sermiers to create a cuvée that fully characterises the premier cru village. Bright citrus and baked bread on the nose, exploding in the mouth with sappy, mouthwatering elongated freshness. Builds on the palate, turning plusher in texture and focused finish. Zesty grapefruit and lemony keep the wine salivating. Flavoursome, levitated and feeling absolutely accomplished and elegant. A brilliant class act and more than worthy successor to the very pretty Sarmate 1 last year.

Sparkling Rosé (pét-nat) | Agrafe (staple) closure
Pinot Noir & Gamay
12-months on-lees in bottle
Disgorged and stapled by hand

Sparkling Rosé (pét-nat) | Agrafe (staple) closure
Pinot Noir & Gamay
12-months on-lees in bottle
Disgorged and stapled by hand
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Fresh and floral — and oh so pretty. Raspberry, watermelon, rosehip, crème fraiche. Just the slightest touch of sweetness to round off the finish. Tonic and So. Damned. Delicious. Hard not to love this. No SO2 added.