Domaine Philippe Tessier Pet-Nat Phil En Bulle NV BFCM23FLASH Clay limestone soil

Clay limestone soil

small batch Mezcal worthy of a slow-sipping session

NOSE: floral

though pricing has risen substantially over the last decade

Domaine Philippe Tessier Pet-Nat Phil En Bulle NV BFCM23FLASH Clay limestone soilThis is the only sparkling wine the Tessiers make, and they make it from two grapes almost nobody has heard of: Romorantin and Menu Pineau, both Loire natives. Methode ancestrale means a single fermentation that finishes in the bottle and here, remarkably, without any added sulfur at all. What separates it from the pet nat crowd is the time it spends resting on its lees before disgorgement, which gives real density under the fizz instead of just froth