Etienne Calsac Champagne Extra Brut L'Echappee Belle NV QUANTITY CHECK dry backbone

dry backbone

but with a backbone of bitter sweet chocolate and snappy oak

silky butterscotch

lively on the palate and packs a long and mouthwatering finish

Etienne Calsac Champagne Extra Brut L'Echappee Belle NV QUANTITY CHECK dry backboneL'chappe Belle means something like 'the great escape,' which is more or less what Etienne Calsac pulled off in 2010: at 26 he took back his grandparents' three hectares around Avize, land that had been quietly rented out to the big Champagne houses for years. He seeded the rows with grass, started plowing, and moved the farming to organics. This is the result all Chardonnay, leaning on the cooler village of Grauves, aged three years on the lees, and