Flancourt Champagne Brut Chronique NV 121825OFFER The yellow chateau of Saint-Estephe

The yellow chateau of Saint-Estephe

more diaphanous

vinified with the house's careful hand and built for the table rather than the cellar

It disappears fast

then aged in neutral oak and bottled in July 2024 with only a small SO2 addition

Flancourt Champagne Brut Chronique NV 121825OFFER The yellow chateau of Saint-EstepheChampagne's next generation doesn't always inherit a famous name sometimes it starts one. Quentin Richard came up in the orbit of Francis Boulard et Fille, one of the region's quiet biodynamic standard bearers, and now makes his own wine in the Valle de la Marne under the Flancourt label. Chronique is the calling card: a near even split of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir with a fifth Pinot Meunier, farmed biodynamically. The Marne is Meunier country, and