Pierre Gerbais Champagne Extra Brut Champ Viole NV CRV10 Loire Valley ingenuity in a

Loire Valley ingenuity in a glass

High West Bourbon and Straight Rye is combined with sweet vermouth and bitters for a modern spin on a classic cocktail

which includes the 10% traditionally macerated Pinot Noir wines

Lowlands and Islay regions of Scotland

Production is tiny

Pierre Gerbais Champagne Extra Brut Champ Viole NV CRV10 Loire Valley ingenuity in aChamp Viole is one of Pierre Gerbais's most personal cuves, a single parcel Extra Brut that captures the chalk, clay, and Kimmeridgian limestone of Celles sur Ource. Gerbais farms biodynamically and bottles with conviction no two cuves feel quite the same, and Champ Viole has a particularly stony, savory profile that rewards a real glass and a little time. A grower Champagne built more like a still white wine than a party bubbly.