La Rogerie Champagne Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Chemin de Chalons Tirage 23 26REASONABLE Rodez does it the hard

Rodez does it the hard way: he macerates his Ambonnay grand cru Pinot Noir on the skins

Seven days of cold maceration and whole-cluster fermentation in traditional botti create concentrated fruit without overripeness—plums and blueberries with spicy character

the man who literally wrote the book on Barbaresco and founded the co-op that became the Produttori

The 2024 vintage is bright

La Rogerie Champagne Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Chemin de Chalons Tirage 23 26REASONABLE Rodez does it the hardLa Rogerie is the grower Champagne project of Justine Boxler and Francois Petit, working tiny grand cru holdings in the Cote des Blancs. This is a Blanc de Blancs from the Chemin de Chalons site, a parcel straddling Avize and Cramant, so 100% Chardonnay from prime chalk. The house style is low intervention and precise, the kind of bubbly that reads like terroir through a magnifying glass. Expect citrus, orchard fruit and a chalky, saline cut, with a