Flancourt Champagne Brut Chronique NV 121825OFFER then aged in neutral oak

then aged in neutral oak and bottled in July 2024 with only a small SO2 addition

more diaphanous

and beat out the best of the best in Europe’s famed Destillata blind tasting

The tannins are fine but firm

and vividly alive

Flancourt Champagne Brut Chronique NV 121825OFFER then aged in neutral oakChampagne'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