Etienne Calsac Champagne Extra Brut L'Echappee Belle NV QUANTITY CHECK Tinta Madeira

Tinta Madeira

The palate is taut and racy

allowing the wine’s natural energy to take center stage

mineral backbone

tiny production brandies themselves

Etienne Calsac Champagne Extra Brut L'Echappee Belle NV QUANTITY CHECK Tinta MadeiraL'chappe Belle means something like 'the great escape,' which is more or less what Etienne Calsac pulled off in 2010: at 26 he took back his grandparents' three hectares around Avize, land that had been quietly rented out to the big Champagne houses for years. He seeded the rows with grass, started plowing, and moved the farming to organics. This is the result all Chardonnay, leaning on the cooler village of Grauves, aged three years on the lees, and