2019 Pascal Agrapart & Fils Venus Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Brut Nature Millesime Champagne, France Herve Souhaut 3 months aged in bottles

3 months aged in bottles before releasing

The next important phase of the winery was in 1965 when Secondo Pasquero-Elia built a new wine cellar at the property and did a thorough replanting of the vineyards by massale selection

A wonderful interview with Marthe here from 2020

The vines are mostly bordered by old brush: a sheltered

They wanted this wine to be drier than the “I wish I was a Ninja” as they feel Chenin has more depth when it is drier

2019 Pascal Agrapart & Fils Venus Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Brut Nature Millesime Champagne, France Herve Souhaut 3 months aged in bottlesVintage cuve made from a single, 0. 3 hectare vineyard named La Fosse that was planted in 1959. It is located in the middle of the hillside and has both the chalk of the hillsides at the top of the parcel and the heavier clay over limestone at the bottom. The soils are tilled by a horse named Vnus. The wine shows stunning depth and richness combined with exceptional freshness and minerality.