Domaine Philippe Tessier Pet-Nat Phil En Bulle NV JULY4 The 25 year is something

The 25 year is something truly special with a wonderful balance of saline and smoke

but its delightful effervescence belies some serious thought and effort

An authentic Walloon product that only exists in its traditional stoneware bottle

The premium expression from Wild Turkey's legendary father-son master distiller team: Jimmy Russell (on the job since 1954) and Eddie Russell

complex Madeira at incredible prices

Domaine Philippe Tessier Pet-Nat Phil En Bulle NV JULY4 The 25 year is somethingThis is the only sparkling wine the Tessiers make, and they make it from two grapes almost nobody has heard of: Romorantin and Menu Pineau, both Loire natives. Methode ancestrale means a single fermentation that finishes in the bottle and here, remarkably, without any added sulfur at all. What separates it from the pet nat crowd is the time it spends resting on its lees before disgorgement, which gives real density under the fizz instead of just froth