This wine has signs of a winner written all over it: a top producer, a stellar vintage, and a single-village wine from one of the greatest Grand Cru villages in the Côte des Blancs. I was so excited when I first spotted it, and the tasting that proceeded just confirmed my enthusiasm. With an incredibly vivacious mouthfeel, this one-hundred percent Chardonnay bubbly tastes like an old Burgundy. I have noticed that I have a particular liking for single-village champagnes which really reveals the terroir. This wine comes from three “lieux-dits” (parcels) in Avize: La Fosse, Némery, and Champ Caïn. This is also a brut zero champagne, but the partial oak ageing and maturity of the grapes leave no room for piercing acidity. Rather, it is layers of nuts and truffles, and then some more.