Domaine Michel Gros Echezeaux Les Loachausses 2023 TBO where each decision—from harvest timing

where each decision—from harvest timing to barrel selection—is made in service of expressing Ambonnay's distinctive terroir

His family sharecropped this hillside in Lamole from the early 1900s and finally bought it outright in 1962

and a crystalized color

Grifalco is part of the wave pushing it further

After tasting this powerful and delicious Champagne which had been in Etienne's mind for nearly a decade

Domaine Michel Gros Echezeaux Les Loachausses 2023 TBO where each decision—from harvest timingMichel Gros is a sixth generation Vosne Romane vigneron modest, unassuming, and quietly one of the village's most reliable hands. Les Lochausses is a specific climat within Echzeaux Grand Cru, a 2. 5 hectare lieu dit in the southern half of the cru, bordering the legendary Cruots ou Vignes Blanches that Henri Jayer called the appellation's best terroir. Michel Gros began bottling this 0. 38 hectare strip on its own from the 2022 vintage onward, after