Chateau Le Puy VdF Blanc Marie-Cecile 2023 NO20231108 This versatile Champagne pairs beautifully

This versatile Champagne pairs beautifully with seafood dishes

2020 is the balancing act — a warm vintage

Pierre Duroché works in a classical

Elyse has been stewarding this vineyard for more than 25 consecutive vintages

The rice class

Chateau Le Puy VdF Blanc Marie-Cecile 2023 NO20231108 This versatile Champagne pairs beautifullyChteau Le Puy has farmed this corner of Bordeaux's Ctes de Francs since 1610, biodynamic before the word existed, with horses in the vineyard and Demeter certification today. They bottle as Vin de France rather than chase appellation rules, and each cuve is named for a family ancestor. Marie Ccile is their white, made from Smillon farmed the same idiosyncratic way as the reds: native yeasts, no fining, no filtration, minimal sulfur. The result is a