Pierre Gerbais La Loge

La Loge is one of the cuvées that make Pierre Gerbais immediately recognizable: 100% Pinot Blanc Vrai from the La Loge lieu-dit in Celles-sur-Ource. Rare in Champagne, this grape variety finds an ample, floral, and yet very taut expression here on the estate's Kimmeridgian soils.

The perpetual reserve was started in 2011. The wine ferments in tanks with indigenous yeasts, undergoes malolactic fermentation, then spends approximately 10 months on lees and 36 months on laths in the bottle, without fining or filtration. An Extra Brut with very low dosage, La Loge combines apricot, flowers, fine pastry, and a saline freshness that prevents any flabbiness.