Dhondt-Grellet, Champagne Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru 'Cramant', NV [2022] champagne-template This is seriously good sake

This is seriously good sake made from American rice and the fresh water that of New York's upstate mountain reservoirs

full malolactic

less cloying alternative to many modern blanc vermouths

a touch of caramel and gentian

I like it in a classic margarita

Dhondt-Grellet, Champagne Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru 'Cramant', NV [2022] champagne-template This is seriously good sakeAdrien Dhondt Grellet is one of the standard bearers of the grower Champagne movement, farming his family's plots organically and biodynamically, plowing by horse, and making wine like a Burgundian: barrel fermented with native yeasts, full malolactic, no fining or filtration. This bottling is 100% Chardonnay from the Grand Cru village of Cramant, drawn largely from the lieu dit La Garenne, so it carries Cramant's hallmark chalky finesse and salinity