JANUARY 2025
A Tale of Two Colors:
White from Black and White from White
Dear Extra Brut Friends,
Sometimes the best way to understand something is through contrasts. This month, we're exploring one of Champagne's most fascinating contrasts: Blanc de Noirs (from Pinot Noir) and Blanc de Blancs (from Chardonnay) as a way both to taste some delicious wines and to deepen our understanding of what Pinot Noir and Chardonnay each bring to the table in Champagne.
We’ve picked two utterly delicious wines that showcase this contrast brilliantly: Geoffroy's 2017 "Empreinte" Blanc de Noirs, and Pierre Gimonnet's 2016 Special Club. Of course, these wines aren't just academic exercises in varietal expression; the producer’s decision to make single-varietal Champagnes is part of the local traditions, which have developed over generations of observation of what the specific terroir demands and has to offer. These are the perfect grapes -- and wines -- to express their terroirs.
Cheers,
Your Friends at Flatiron Wines
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GROWER CHAMPAGNE
A guide to the best bubbles in the world and what makes them different from the Grandes Marques
Champagne is the world’s most famous sparkling wine. Hailing from the Champagne regions of France, its biggest names are among the biggest names in wine: Moet, Dom Perignon, Veuve Clicquot, Cristal.
But there’s another side to Champagne: a universe of small-scale producers preserving ancient family farming traditions and bottling wines you’ve never heard of.
These are the Grower Champagnes.
