Barrat-Masson Champagne Brut Nature Millesime 2012 (1.5L) CS20230713 a red grape the Loire

a red grape the Loire does better than almost anyone

A contemplative journey from bold fruit to dry heat

Almost every gin on the shelf starts life as neutral grain spirit

We’re grateful to have it

This bottling comes off an old dry riverbed about 800 meters from the Bío Bío river

Barrat-Masson Champagne Brut Nature Millesime 2012 (1.5L) CS20230713 a red grape the LoireSome bottles feel like time capsules, and this is one of them: a 2012 grower Champagne, Brut Nature, in magnum. Loic Barrat and Aurelie Masson farm their vines organically in southern Champagne and vinify with a farmer's precision, nothing added to sweeten or soften, just a clean, ringing expression of place. Magnum tells its own story, since Champagne ages more slowly and more gracefully in large format; pair that with the great 2012 harvest and you