Isolation proof gin is a NY State product
and dried on mats to concentrate the sugars and aromatics before they ever see the still
and wild aromas and flavors
The chalky albariza soils of Jerez—white earth that stores winter rainfall and releases it slowly through dry summers—produce the neutral Palomino base wine
The palate is smooth yet brisk
Hure Freres, Champagne Extra-Brut Reserve L'Invitation (2020 base), NV Charlie Clay SO061025 Isolation proof gin is aThe name says it all: L'Invitation is the bottle the Hure brothers want you to open first, the convivial welcome to their grower estate in Ludes, on the Montagne de Reims. Francois and Pierre Hure farm organically leaning, roughly thirty five year old vines and blend all three Champagne grapes here, forty percent Pinot Noir, forty percent Pinot Meunier, and twenty percent Chardonnay, built around a solera style reserve they call the memory of the