Wirth Michel Champagne Extra Brut Origines NV 070226CRISP Very much a sought after

Very much a sought after bourbon and rye brand

Notes of green melon

with 45% pinot noir and the rest pinot meunier

Elegant and precise

This organic Loire Valley red made from Côt shows the understated elegance that defines Philippe Tessier's approach to winemaking

Wirth Michel Champagne Extra Brut Origines NV 070226CRISP Very much a sought afterMeunier usually gets treated as Champagne's third wheel the workhorse blended in for flesh, rarely credited. The Wirth family, five generations deep in the Coteaux Sud d'pernay villages of Vinay, Moussy and Brugny, build their house wine around it instead: 70% Meunier to 30% Chardonnay, farmed organically, fermented partly in 600 liter barrel with reserve wine held in concrete. Twenty six months on the lees give it depth, and a dosage of just 2 grams