the Northern California project of Emily Virgil and Drew Huffine
organic in the Wagram since the '70s
the warmer southern end of Alma Fria's farming
vibrant winemaking that captures both fruit and terroir without overwhelm—fermented with native yeasts and aged in mostly neutral oak to let the vineyard speak
with a vacuum still that preserves the delicate aromas and maximum amount of essential oils
Agrapart & Fils Champagne Extra Brut Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Mineral 2019 [NET] 061126OFFER the Northern California project ofPascal Agrapart makes several single vintage Champagnes off the same Avize hillside, each vinified identically so the soil does the talking and Mineral is the chalk speaking at full volume. It's drawn from two lower slope, pure chalk parcels, in Avize and neighboring Cramant, of 40 plus year old Chardonnay, the coolest and most crystalline sites in his range. Native yeast fermented in seasoned oak and dosed barely at all, it's the taut, laser cut,