Franck Bonville 'Millesime' Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne 2016 Beaujolais If “Arboreus” is a sea

If “Arboreus” is a sea to swim in

It was fermented spontaneously in stainless steel

yet both express the powerfully stony essence of the Carso in their own delicious way

Perhaps the Stadlmann estate’s crowning achievement

planted in the early 1970s

Franck Bonville 'Millesime' Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne 2016 Beaujolais If “Arboreus” is a seaAlthough not by rule, Bonvilles vintage bottling nearly always comes from choice holdings in the esteemed grand cru of Avize. Their goal here, whether in a chiseled and lean vintage or a lavishly rich vintage, is to express the particularitythe individualityof Chardonnay as voiced by the distinctive grand cru terroirs of the Blanc des Blancs. This release was disgorged after six and a half years on the lees with a dosage of 6. 7 grams per liter, and