2006 Champagne Henriot Brut "Cuvée Hemera", Champagne, FranceABOUT THIS WINE 2006 was a solar vintage, both generous and capricious. Indeed, various episodes of hail, frost and rain have marked the particularly hot climate, especially in the summer. Henriot Cuve Hemera is a blend of the six founding crus, with each represented in equal part, through a singular year, that makes it a Millsime. Each Vintage of this Champagne is a continuation of the Maison Henriot historical terroirs, where the character of the

with marly clayey-limestone banks

soils are worked

which makes it rare for anyone to have enough vines to be able to bottle one grand cru

Ziereisen is located in the very southern part of Baden in a town called Efringen-Kirchen

paying less than 5 euros per square meter

The use of copper is limited to a minimum

An early harbinger of Blackbird's potential arose when Mia Klein of Dalla Valle fame created a Blackbird Vineyard designate for her highly acclaimed 1999 Selene Merlot (no less than 95% of the fruit in the bottle must be from the named vineyard)

Hyppolite de Baritault du Carpia

At the core of our independently owned business is our estate-grown fruit

His father

Frank’s best wines have the dry and sharp tannins you find in great nebbiolo

this Vino Nobile pairs beautifully with braised meats