Etienne Calsac, Champagne Les Revenants [Base 2022], NV Winback Summer 2020 almonds and biscuits with flinty

almonds and biscuits with flinty touches

made entire from Scottish barley

in a neat pour or over ice

like cassia root and and cubeb

Etienne Calsac, Champagne Les Revenants [Base 2022], NV Winback Summer 2020 almonds and biscuits with flintyLes Revenants means "those who return"a nod to the near forgotten Champagne grapes Etienne Calsac brought back to life. He planted Pinot Blanc, Petit Meslier, and a whisper of Arbane himself on a sandy parcel in the Cte de Szanne, where the sand over chalk soil helps these late ripening ghosts actually ripen. Everything is picked and pressed together the same day, then aged in large barrels, giving a Champagne unlike anything else in his cellar. This