Jacques Lassaigne Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature Clos Sainte Sophie 2019 NO20230614 patiently aging for a minimum

patiently aging for a minimum of seven years to extract the notes of vanilla trapped within the charred oak

from a family operation in Beersel tracing back to 1883

savory wine—the sort of Cabernet that can only be made on the Sonoma Coast

and Super Bueno is the argument

Black Maple Hill built its following in the 2000s on very old sourced Kentucky whiskey — early releases were bottled by Julian Van Winkle III and are widely believed to have included Stitzel-Weller stock — then lost the thread in the mid-2010s when the brand switched to Oregon-distilled whiskey

Jacques Lassaigne Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature Clos Sainte Sophie 2019 NO20230614 patiently aging for a minimumA walled clos in Champagne is rare enough; this one is the only one in the Aube, cut into the chalk hill of Montgueux outside Troyes. Emmanuel Lassaigne farms the roughly two acre Clos Sainte Sophie a parcel the Valton family held for about a century, and whose fruit Charles Heidsieck once bought for its top blends and bottles it on its own as a vintage dated Blanc de Blancs from vines past 40 years old. It ferments in used barrels, Cognac casks among