Flancourt Champagne Brut Chronique NV Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine featuring orange peel

featuring orange peel

It’s deep and structured without feeling heavy

black cardamom

It is the bottle for anyone who thinks they already know what Napa tastes like

smoked herbs

Flancourt Champagne Brut Chronique NV Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine featuring orange peelChampagne'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