2022 Lena Sekt Blanc De Blancs, Extra Brut, Germany Barbichettte just outside the village of

just outside the village of Beine

A collaborative bottling from Romain Le Bars and Nicolas Renaud (Clos des Grillons)

The fruit is hand-harvested and rigorously sorted

but the back label was quite informative and mentioned 48 months under a veil of flor yeasts (48 months sous voile) in 228-liter oak barrels

fermented plantain

2022 Lena Sekt Blanc De Blancs, Extra Brut, Germany Barbichettte just outside the village ofThe Blanc de Blancs is mainly Chardonnay with a touch of Weissburgunder. Sourced from sites in Ingelheim, the grapes were direct pressed with fractioning used to focus on the cuve. The end of the press, or taille, is not used. The BdB saw aging mostly (about 2 3) in used tonneaux with no fining or filtering. Post tirage, the wine spent 24 months on the lees and has a dosage of 2 grams.