2020 Leclaire-Thiefaine 'Cuvee 01 - Apolline' Avize Grand Cru, Champagne, France Ormiale The wine undergoes slow fermentation

The wine undergoes slow fermentation with extended maceration

60% of the grapes were hand-destemmed

Block 25 is at higher elevation and faces north—something very rare at Monte Rosso

then continues up the side with fruit density like in Tuscany and finishes with a hard mineral toned and linear mid-palate

2020 Leclaire-Thiefaine 'Cuvee 01 - Apolline' Avize Grand Cru, Champagne, France Ormiale The wine undergoes slow fermentationThis inaugural cuve is sourced entirely from old vine Chardonnay in Avize Grand Cru, where pure Campanian chalk and thin topsoils give intensely mineral, high tension base wines. The domaine farms sustainably and harvests by hand, pressing whole clusters in the traditional Coquard press. Fermentation is carried out with indigenous yeasts in a mix of stainless steel and seasoned barrels, followed by full malolactic fermentation. The wine is bottled for