Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Blanc d'Argile ['22 Base] NV (1.5L) GERAUS Cody Wright (son of Ken

Cody Wright (son of Ken Wright) launched Purple Hands in 2005 (later joined by his wife Marque)

it has now mellowed into a firm but silken framework supporting cassis

The style is classical and unforced: whole-cluster where it works

and this natural line keeps things honest: wild fermentation

Vouette et Sorbee Champagne Blanc d'Argile ['22 Base] NV (1.5L) GERAUS Cody Wright (son of KenThis is the format Gautherot's Chardonnay was built for: a magnum ages more slowly, and this is a Champagne with the structure to reward the wait. He farms biodynamically in Buxieres sur Arce, in the far south of Champagne, on Kimmeridgian limestone shared with Chablis, with cows and chickens on the property to keep the farm feeding itself. Blanc d'Argile comes from a parcel where clay lies over that limestone, fermented with native yeasts in barrel