2018 Tellier 'Les Massales' Extra Brut Millesime Champagne, France Chartogne-Taillet Jean-Marc’s is the star of

Jean-Marc’s is the star of his cellar

Exchange of fog/sun ensures proper vine respiration & very even ripening

near the Mediterranean

damp earth

2018 Tellier 'Les Massales' Extra Brut Millesime Champagne, France Chartogne-Taillet Jean-Marc’s is the star ofSOIL: Dominated by chalk and flint VITICULTURE: Practicing organic; manual harvest and stringent grape selection VINIFICATION: Direct press and selection of the first juices; cold settling for 12 to 24 hours without enzymes, then the juice is put into barrels; fermentation in barrels, demi muids and foudres. AGING: 8 months oak aging with partial malolactic fermentation; minimum 40 months of ageing in bottles and minimum 3 months after disgorgement,