2015 Michel Gonet Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru "Mesnil-Sur-Oger" , Brut Nature, Champagne, France

ABOUT THIS WINE

A very special vintage bottling from Michel Gonet, focusing on fruit sourced from the family's best parcel: Les Hautes Mottes in Mesnil sur Oger. The wine spent five years on its lees and has zero dosage.

ABOUT THIS PRODUCER

Gonet is a very old name in Champagne. The family moved to Champagne from the Beaujolais in the 15th century and worked in the vineyards before establishing a Champagne house in the early 1800s. Each subsequent generation helped lay a foundation for a successful domaine with the most recent patriarch, Michel Gonet, enlarging the cellars in Avize and refocusing their winemaking in the 1970s.

The total holdings are around 40 hectares, consisting mostly of Chardonnay on the Côte des Blancs. The vines are located in the villages of Le Mesnil sur Oger, a little further south, in Vindey on the Sézannais hillsides, and also near Troyes, on the slopes of Montgueux.