Pierre Gerbais Champagne Extra Brut Grains de Celles NV NO20230809 NOSE: floral

NOSE: floral

spicy flavor that is long associated with the brand

A lively blend of the three main Champagne grapes

aromas of warm honey and a soft wheat profile with notes of toasted pretzels

importer of Selosse and many other greats

Pierre Gerbais Champagne Extra Brut Grains de Celles NV NO20230809 NOSE: floralAurlien 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