Adrien Renoir 'Le Cepage' Verzy Grand Cru Extra Brut, Champagne, France (22) vegan Régnié and Beaujolais Villages

Régnié and Beaujolais Villages

with the remainder—Grenache exclusively

The Riesling is grown on the Hollenburger conglomerate soil

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Adrien Renoir 'Le Cepage' Verzy Grand Cru Extra Brut, Champagne, France (22) vegan Régnié and Beaujolais VillagesFrom Verzys chalk rich Grand Cru slopes, Adrien Renoir vinifies Le Cpage from a single parcel of old vine Pinot Noir, fermented with native yeasts and aged in a mix of neutral oak and steel. The 2022 bottling shows the precision and mineral cut that define Renoirs micro cuves: red fruited tension, saline chalk, fine phenolic grip, and a bone dry Extra Brut frame (2 g L). A tightly wired, terroir first Champagne built for collectors of the new wave