Domaine des Marnes Blanches Cremant du Jura NV Lanson Rose Champagne with oak kept firmly in

with oak kept firmly in the background

and just enough sweetness from the goji berries to round out the body

He hand-harvested a single row of dry-farmed Catawba in Suisun Valley's alluvial soils and gave it the full traditional-method treatment: second fermentation in the bottle

this is the closest thing to it grown stateside

and clayey silt

Domaine des Marnes Blanches Cremant du Jura NV Lanson Rose Champagne with oak kept firmly inTraditional method Jura sparkling from one of the region's most exciting young estates. Pauline and Geraud Fromont founded Domaine des Marnes Blanches in 2006 in the southern Jura, farming organically on the marl soils that name the domaine. Their Cremant du Jura is made in tiny quantities in the same method as Champagne, with the Jura's signature freshness and mineral cut. A characterful, dry sparkler that overdelivers, and a great alternative to