2017 Benoit Lahaye Grand Cru Extra Brut Millesime, Champagne, France Islay A good Clos de Vougeot

A good Clos de Vougeot should be a complete wine without any one feature standing out

The resulting brew offers striking varietal purity

300’ above Napa on the eastern rim of the Valley has both the power and grace we look for in this Bordeaux-inspired wine

This Vin de France is a declassified Beaujolais-Villages that features Gamay from a number of parcels around Villié-Morgon

one of several marks made at Hampden Estate and refers to a rum with a high ester concentration

2017 Benoit Lahaye Grand Cru Extra Brut Millesime, Champagne, France Islay A good Clos de VougeotThis is a gorgeous wine from Bouzy based Benoit Lahaye. Fermented in barrique, made with 80% Pinot Noir and 20% Chardonnay: Pinot from parcel Monts de Tauxires, planted in 1966, and Chardonnay from Haut de Argentires, planted in 1960.