Florent Cosme, Vouvray Champs Rougets, 2023 bordeaux_futures_2019 Serious grower Champagne at a

Serious grower Champagne at a price that still feels honest

or in your favorite cocktail

saline and alive

but there's a surprising depth and structure underneath

Florent Cosme, Vouvray Champs Rougets, 2023 bordeaux_futures_2019 Serious grower Champagne at aFlorent Cosme cut his teeth managing vines for Vincent Careme before striking out on his own, and his tiny Vouvray estate sits on the steepest, rockiest stretch of the Premiere Cote above the village of Noizay. Champs Rougets is a single vineyard, bone dry Chenin Blanc from old vines, farmed biodynamically and coaxed along with native yeasts, no malolactic, and a rest in older barrels. That means all the electric acidity and stony precision Chenin