Flancourt Champagne Brut Chronique NV core-no-restrictions the Belgian outsider who reset

the Belgian outsider who reset expectations for what the Maconnais could do

orange-pink hue "eye of the partridge"

and the wine is correspondingly dense — varietal Zin dialed up

The final product is sophisticated and delicately bitter with bright citrus and pleasant acidity

same organic farming

Flancourt Champagne Brut Chronique NV core-no-restrictions the Belgian outsider who resetChampagne's next generation doesn't always inherit a famous name sometimes it starts one. Quentin Richard came up in the orbit of Francis Boulard et Fille, one of the region's quiet biodynamic standard bearers, and now makes his own wine in the Valle de la Marne under the Flancourt label. Chronique is the calling card: a near even split of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir with a fifth Pinot Meunier, farmed biodynamically. The Marne is Meunier country, and