Champagne Vouette et Sorbée Blanc d'Argile is the Blanc de Blancs (100% Chardonnay) crafted by the Gautherot family exclusively from the Biaunes vineyard. This is a relatively young vineyard, planted in 2000, on Kimmeridgian limestone soils with an unusual west-facing exposure. This causes the Chardonnay to ripen very slowly. Yields are extremely limited, as the vines are pruned very selectively to just 5 bunches per vine. All work, both in the vineyard and in the cellar, is carried out biodynamically. Fermentation takes place with indigenous yeasts in used Burgundian oak barrels. The wine is aged in the same barrel for 10 months, followed by roughly 2 years of bottle ageing. Unfiltered, unfined, with very low total SO2, around 20 mg/l. No dosage — Brut Nature. There are many great wines, and some great Champagnes, but producers who truly move you — who go beyond simple sensory pleasure and touch your emotional side — are very few. Vouette et Sorbée (Bertrand Gautherot) is one of them. And this Blanc d'Argile is one of the most personal Blanc de Blancs to be found in Champagne. Bottles in perfect condition, professionally cellared. *NOTE: The bottle will be sealed with plastic film to ensure that the label will not get damage, then it will be wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in a suitable cardboard box. ** NOTE: Shipment to continental EU *ONLY*. NO shipping to the UK/IRL/ISL or any other island outside or within the EU. **