Champagne M. Marcoult Orée Brut Nature Barbonne-Fayel NV

HOLD YOUR COUPES! A jaw-unhinging 97-POINT Brut Nature Champagne from a food-obsessed grower house poured ALL over Paris...are you even ready for all of this?!? ZERO dosage, 40% off, free shipping on 2 — time to PARTY.

CAN’T overstate this enough — this is grower Champagne in the truest sense, and there’s only so much of it (aka, not a lot). Make your moves and make them quickly!!

Alright, inhale, exhale, then into the bubbles we march like an army of very thirsty warriors in a late ‘90s/early 2000s epic battle movie!! (Braveheart? Gladiator? Kingdom of Heaven? Take your pick, then CHAAAARGE!) Down in the sunny southern reaches of the Marne, just below the legendary Côte des Blancs, sits the gloriously off-the-beaten-path Côte de Sézanne — and smack in the little medieval village of Barbonne-Fayel is where Florence and Julien Marcoult work their magic. This is a proper récoltant-manipulant, a GROWER-producer, farming their own vines and making their own wine since Michel Marcoult founded the place in 1967. And these folks are SERIOUS as Matisse about doing it right: eco-grazing sheep in the vines, cover-cropping with their own wheat, hand-harvesting into little crates, native-yeast ferments, minimal intervention…the whole gorgeous natural-minded shebang. They age in a wild spread of vessels — stainless, local oak, foudres, glass globes, you name it — and they’ve even got the rare luxury of their very own in-house cooperage. Coopers! On site! Who DOES that?! These guys do.

And the wine? Great Gatsby is it something brilliant. The “Orée” Brut Nature is 80% Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Noir, and it clocks in with a dazzling 97 POINTS from Decanter, who called it “positively stellar” and “such a satisfying and enjoyable Brut Nature.” Hear, hear! It’s a blend from estate-grown vines — and even though it’s basically bone dry, it’s got this shockingly generous roundness right through the middle. The bottle’s back label aptly recommends: “Serve in a large, generous wine glass.” And honestly — if you’re not enjoying Champagne this way — HIGHLY recommend to get the full scope of scents and flavors rushing your way.

Especially this wine. Prepare yourself for leaping aromas of lemon verbena, and bright orange zest, some sweet hay, and warming cardamom, then BOOM — the palate cascades in with crunchy Honeycrisp apple, a bit of white pepper, some salty sea spray, and then this uncanny impression of an artisanal bakery’s orange-cinnamon morning bun, chewy caramelized edges and all. Not a lick of sweetness to it, mind you — no dosage, remember? — yet LOADED with fruit, and mind-boggling savory depth, and sensual spice-drawer swag.

The Marcoults are known for curating endlessly food-friendly Champagnes, poured up and down the greatest Parisian wine lists, and a choice pick of somms near and far. Meaning, a 97-point grower Champagne like this has NO business being just $59. Snag 2 and shipping’s on us. I already stashed a few away for myself — just IMAGINE all your future festivities and holiday parties to come when you do the same!

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