Colcombet Champagne Brut Eclat NV Domaine Michel Gros 2022 and the wine is now

and the wine is now fourteen years from vintage and drinking gorgeously

creamy character of the orphaned bourbons with the spiciness of the aged rye whiskey

and well integrated vanilla

Bright acidity bolstered by exotic petrol

Colcombet Champagne Brut Eclat NV Domaine Michel Gros 2022 and the wine is nowHere's a Champagne with an unlikely backstory: the Colcombet name comes from one of France's most storied silk houses, not the vineyards of the Marne. This single estate bottling out of the Marne Valley west of Reims is an even split of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, the classic Champagne trio. Brut Eclat lives up to its name, bright and silky with fine, persistent bubbles, leaning on citrus and orchard fruit with a cool mineral streak. An