GASPARD, EMMANUEL & MY MENTOR ÉTIENNE

A lineup I'd happily open with close friends and spend an evening talking about.

Calsac Les Revenants

A fascinating cuvée built around Champagne's forgotten grape varieties.

Petit Meslier brings gripping acidity, Pinot Blanc completes the blend.

Bright, energetic and full of tension.

Give it a big glass and your attention.

Gaspard Pie

Not much to add.

Simply another brilliant wine from Gaspard—and probably one of his rarest.

Selected by NV

Emmanuel Brochet's négociant project.

The vineyards come not from Le Mont Benoît but from a friend's estate in Pargny.

As always, no marketing is the best marketing—and nobody does that better than Brochet. His friend's name is known only within a very small circle.

A brilliant bottle. In fact, it was the very last one I opened in my Vienna apartment before the move. A fitting farewell—and I absolutely loved it.