2016 Michel Gonet Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru "Mesnil-Sur-Oger", Extra Brut, Champagne, FranceABOUT THIS WINE Sourced entirely from Grand Cru vineyards in Le Mesnil sur Oger, this bottling focuses on one of the purest chalk terroirs in Champagne. The vineyards sit on deep belemnite chalk soils that naturally regulate water and promote slow, even ripening in Chardonnay. Fermented parcel by parcel and aged extensively on lees, the wine is produced with a restrained approach in cellar to allow the mineral structure and tension of Mesnil to remain

All of the wines undergo very long lees aging before disgorgement — a minimum of 48 months on all cuvées — which truly sets them apart from much of Champagne and is a key component to achieve the incredible complexity and depth that is found throughout their magnificent lineup

with sufficient marl and clay to give depth to the wines

high-alcohol wines in the region

The genius of La Spinetta encompasses a vast array of great wines

Oger Grand Cru (9%)

5 ha of vines

The fruit is hand harvested

Twenty years earlier they had started the work of viticulturists selling grapes to another winery in the Valle de La Orotava Denomination of Origin

From a domaine created at the beginning of the 20th century

the winery property was expanded to the adjoining parcel

In 2006 Giuseppe Pagano

This was the original vineyard on which Espelt was founded