Sanchez Le Guedard Champagne Brut Mes 3 Terroirs AS/100 Blage NV TAGS or fining—lets the terroir shine

or fining—lets the terroir shine through

low-intervention take on a variety rarely seen this close to the California coast

gunflint intensity you can't fake

Old Hill Ranch is one of the most pedigreed old-vine sites in the United States

The Huneeus family (Quintessa

Sanchez Le Guedard Champagne Brut Mes 3 Terroirs AS/100 Blage NV TAGS or fining—lets the terroir shineThree grapes, three terroirs hence the name from a family estate in Cumieres, the steep, sun facing village of the Grande Vallee de la Marne that has always been Pinot country. Jose and Sebastien Sanchez are grower winemakers several generations deep, farming with an organic bent and still riddling every bottle by hand. This cuvee leans on Pinot Noir, with Meunier and Chardonnay filling out the blend, and spends three years on the lees, which builds