Champagne Louise Brison Pinot Noir de la Cote des Bar 2014 NY Times which lasts at three years

which lasts at three years in both 500L “botti” and a variety of larger formats

” this bottling tends to be the most open and immediately seductive of the three versions of Levet Côte-Rôtie

this wine captures the grace of time and a place unbothered by fashion

it spends 18 months aging in old barrels with the lees regularly “dynamized” into the wine according to the lunar calendar

The wine spends 8 months on its fine lees in steel and fiberglass without temperature control

Champagne Louise Brison Pinot Noir de la Cote des Bar 2014 NY Times which lasts at three yearsThe Pinot Noir represents less than 10% of the estates production and offers haunting precision and balance. With a soaring nose of juicy blackberries and spices, it is both cleanly mineral and soil kissed in that way only great Pinot Noir can be, and its dramatic finish echoes the blackberry note and offers plenty of sappy density.