Georges Laval Les Chenes, Brut Nature Champagne, France (19) Alfred Merkelbach and Harrison Clarke in Ballard Giuseppe Quintarelli just south of the option:LC MEMBER 14492

and Harrison Clarke in Ballard Canyon• Indigenous fermentation in open concrete tank• Elevage in neutral French oak• Unfined and unfiltered

with wild herbs

Our Bates Ranch story would not be complete without mentioning the many bottles spanning many vintages of Val and Dexter Alhgren’s Bates Ranch Cabernets that we have been drinking since about 2001

Fermentation: Underground volcanic rock (18 days)

aged in Amphora and Foudre

Georges Laval Les Chenes, Brut Nature Champagne, France (19) Alfred Merkelbach and Harrison Clarke in Ballard Giuseppe Quintarelli just south of the option:LC MEMBER 14492 and Harrison Clarke in Ballard Canyon• Indigenous fermentation in open concrete tank• Elevage in neutral French oak• Unfined and unfiltered with wild herbs