Agrapart & Fils Champagne Avize Grand Cru Extra Brut Complantee ['22 Base] NV SPS21 old-vine approach that defines Rayas

old-vine approach that defines Rayas

Nearly two decades of age have softened the wine's assertive character

with citrus fruit

The signature is an extraordinary saline mouthfeel wrapped around white fruit and citrus

A benchmark Côte de Brouilly from an institution dating back to 1383

Agrapart & Fils Champagne Avize Grand Cru Extra Brut Complantee ['22 Base] NV SPS21 old-vine approach that defines RayasAgrapart has been estate bottling Champagne in Avize since 1894 a grower before anyone thought to call it that. Complantee is their gorgeous oddball: a single Avize Grand Cru plot co planted with a mix of Champagne's grape varieties Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Blanc, Arbane, and Petit Meslier all interplanted, picked, and fermented together the old fashioned way. Pascal co planted the parcel back in 2003, betting that as the vines age