Champagne Assailly, Cuvée Brut NatureThis 100% Grand Cru Organic Chardonnay Champagne has a very low dosage, expressing the real character and minerality of Avizes great whites. Racy and refreshing with a hint of "sauvage", it has a super clean and dry finish.

Needs more time to fully integrate

framed by beautifully plush tannins and tons of freshness

The 2021 La Chapelle de La Mission Haut-Brion is laced with crushed flowers

Still to soften and open up as very young

juicy blackberries and warm plums

revealing a straight-down-the-line

set against fresher edges of blueberry and iris

Somehow I don’t expect Chapelle to be so fruit forward

Attractive refreshing acidity

and it stretches out through the palate with slow confidence

with a solid backbone of firm

and they had also had three years of sourcing grapes from across both estates at this point