Pierre Gerbais Champagne Extra Brut Grains de Celles NV CS20231023 Blended with hand-harvested Chardonnay

Blended with hand-harvested Chardonnay

The juniper-forward botanicals are brought to a perfect balance by the floral depth of the raw honey making for a distinctly flavored gin

savory tones

rock candy and cucumber

Pierre Gerbais Champagne Extra Brut Grains de Celles NV CS20231023 Blended with hand-harvested ChardonnayAurlien Gerbais went to wine school in Beaune, not Reims which makes sense, because if you grow up in the Aube you live closer to Burgundy than to the rest of Champagne. He worked with Olivier Lamy in St. Aubin, came home to Celles sur Ource, and still says he considers himself more Burgundian than Champenois. Grains de Celles is the flagship: Pinot Noir with Chardonnay and a full quarter Pinot Blanc, a grape almost nobody in Champagne bothers with