PierreBailletteChampagneTrois-Puits1erCruBrut‘LeVillage’NV

<p>Trois-Puits, seven kilometres south of Reims, has a relatively low profile as a Champagne-producing village. But Domaine Pierre Baillette is set to swiftly change that. Périne Baillette is the ex-wife of Alexandre Chartogne of Chartogne-Taillet, one of the most influential figures of Champagne’s burgeoning grower movement. She is also a formidable talent in her own right, and took over the winemaking at her family’s tiny estate in 2012.</p><p>With a commitment to organic farming and ploughing by horse, Périne makes tightly-knit, intensely mineral wines, which are aged in chalk caves beneath the winery. Bottled with very low dosage, the results are Champagnes of great personality and charm.</p><p>From 3.5ha of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and 65-year-old Pinot Meunier vines in Trois-Puits 1er Cru, Périne produces her signature non-vintage ‘Le Village’ cuvée, with a salinity and grip she attributes to the 15cm of chalk in the Trois-Puits soils.</p>