R. Pouillon Champagne Grande Vallée Extra-Brut Saint Emilion His influence shows: the wines

His influence shows: the wines have shifted from a very classic Fixin style toward something that straddles classic and natural

and 20% Mourvèdre - it is about 80% whole cluster in total

and the two regions' limestones formed at the same moment before an ancient rift valley split them apart along the Saône

was the first commercial Sassicaia and the start of everything Bolgheri has since become

R. Pouillon Champagne Grande Vallée Extra-Brut Saint Emilion His influence shows: the winesThe Land Champagne is not one place, and the Grande Valle is the short, privileged stretch of the Marne east of pernay where the river bends and the slopes turn south: A, Mareuil sur A, Avenay Val d'Or, Mutigny. This is Pinot Noir ground, and geologically it is not the pure chalk of the Cte des Blancs. Under Fabrice Pouillon's vines in Mareuil sur A the chalk runs 40 meters deep but is capped with Tertiary clay and sand, and he plants to that overlay: