Baron Fuenté Quinconce Blanc de Blancs Champagne, 75cl rosé without an accent - feeling

without an accent - feeling the term "non-vintage brut" didn't do justice to a Champagne of such subtlety

and a mineral backbone that keeps it fresh

who drove the move to a drier "brut" style in the 1870s

not a novelty stand-in: the classic three-grape Champagne blend

in a single box

Baron Fuenté Quinconce Blanc de Blancs Champagne, 75cl rosé without an accent - feelingBaron Fuent is a family run grower house in the Marne valley, making Champagne from its own fruit at Charly sur Marne. The Quinconce Blanc de Blancs comes from a single parcel Chantemanche planted entirely to Chardonnay, the name nodding to the quinconce, the staggered way the bottles are stacked to age. Two things set it apart. It's vinified partly in stainless steel and partly in oak, and built around a perpetual reserve a continuously topped up