Aubry Brut Ivoire et Ebene Premier Cru 2013

One of our top selling wines last year, the new vintage is like turning AC/DC up full blast with the windows down. It's electric and powerful. From a single vineyard with a river cutting the vineyard in two. One side is the "Ivoire", it's chalky soils the color of ivory and it's planted all to chardonnay. The other side, "Ebene" is mostly gravel with pinot noir and pinot meunier planted. The resulting wine is a juxtaposition of the elegance, minerality. The cut and elegance of the chardonnay with the power, weight and fruit expression of the pinot. A brilliant wine with a double 93 point score to boot which doesn't do this justice. As Galloni puts it, "built on serious power and textural resonance, both of which make it a wine for the dinner table". While we agree, we think this makes a pretty good standalone bottle for anytime drinking. Time for a restock after the holidays!