Wirth Michel Champagne Extra Brut Origines NV NO20230726 The result is a whiskey

The result is a whiskey that is both approachable for a novice

this juicy

balanced acid

The palate is sweet with notes of green grapes and rhubarb

Wirth Michel Champagne Extra Brut Origines NV NO20230726 The result is a whiskeyMeunier usually gets treated as Champagne's third wheel the workhorse blended in for flesh, rarely credited. The Wirth family, five generations deep in the Coteaux Sud d'pernay villages of Vinay, Moussy and Brugny, build their house wine around it instead: 70% Meunier to 30% Chardonnay, farmed organically, fermented partly in 600 liter barrel with reserve wine held in concrete. Twenty six months on the lees give it depth, and a dosage of just 2 grams