Champagne Bonnet-Ponson, “Seconde Nature”
Champagne Bonnet-Ponson, “Seconde Nature”

Champagne Bonnet-Ponson, “Seconde Nature”

Champagne / Montagne de Reims, France MV (750mL)
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Champagne Bonnet-Ponson, “Seconde Nature”

Cyril Bonnet sources “Seconde Nature” from three mature, southeast-facing Premier Cru parcels in his home village of Chamery. In the cellar, the organic grapes are gently pressed and only the sweetest, purest, ripest juice from the first “pressing” is used. That precious juice is then funneled into four-year-old French barrels to begin a natural, native-yeast fermentation (including malo) and subsequent lees aging. Upon completion, generally around eight months, this specific cuvée was transferred into bottle in the Spring of 2020. It was disgorged in February 2022 and a cork was fitted without any addition of sulfites or sugar. This is frothy, alive, and brimming with expansive, velvet-soft orchard and citrus fruits that belie the “zero dosage.” I am incredibly impressed by this release—certainly one of the best in its category. 

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France

Bourgogne

Beaujolais

Enjoying the greatest wines of Beaujolais starts, as it usually does, with the lay of the land. In Beaujolais, 10 localities have been given their own AOC (Appellation of Controlled Origin) designation. They are: Saint Amour; Juliénas; Chénas; Moulin-à Vent; Fleurie; Chiroubles; Morgon; Régnié; Côte de Brouilly; and Brouilly.

Southwestern France

Bordeaux

Bordeaux surrounds two rivers, the Dordogne and Garonne, which intersect north of the city of Bordeaux to form the Gironde Estuary, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The region is at the 45th parallel (California’s Napa Valley is at the38th), with a mild, Atlantic-influenced climate enabling the maturation of late-ripening varieties.

Central France

Loire Valley

The Loire is France’s longest river (634 miles), originating in the southerly Cévennes Mountains, flowing north towards Paris, then curving westward and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantes. The Loire and its tributaries cover a huge swath of central France, with most of the wine appellations on an east-west stretch at47 degrees north (the same latitude as Burgundy).

Northeastern France

Alsace

Alsace, in Northeastern France, is one of the most geologically diverse wine regions in the world, with vineyards running from the foothills of theVosges Mountains down to the Rhine River Valley below.

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