Bereche & Fils Mailly Grand Cru 2020 Bitters salty minerality

salty minerality

braised chicken thighs with porcini and red wine

food-driven

and Curon in the Jura region

Fermented spontaneously in concrete tanks

Bereche & Fils Mailly Grand Cru 2020 Bitters salty mineralityThe Land Mailly Champagne sits on the northern end of the Montagne de Reims, a grand cru that rarely gets the attention of its more famous neighbors. Bereche et Fils farms a single . 4 hectare parcel called "Les Chalois" here, planted with vines averaging over 60 years old, at 170 meters on a gentle 5 percent slope. The soil is deep, brown clay over chalk, cool and slow to ripen even in a grand cru, and it is this site's dependable coolness that gives