Domaine Camille Thiriet, Cote de Nuits Villages 'Deslandes', 2024 SO032425 Pouillon schist-and-mica soils of the Cote

schist-and-mica soils of the Cote Brune

this is a wine for those who find commercial house Champagne cloying—bone dry

Reynard is the summit of that work: a steep

leading into a medium-long finish with just a hint of oak and orange peel

This Blanc de Blancs is all Chardonnay grown in a village far better known for Pinot Noir

Domaine Camille Thiriet, Cote de Nuits Villages 'Deslandes', 2024 SO032425 Pouillon schist-and-mica soils of the CoteCamille Thiriet and Matt Chittick are among the rising stars of the southern Cote de Nuits, farming organically and plowing some old vine parcels with horses. 'Deslandes' is one of their named Cote de Nuits Villages bottlings, each one a transparent expression of a specific patch of hard limestone hillside. As with all their reds, this is restrained, energetic Pinot Noir made with light extraction and very little new oak, so the site speaks clearly.