Pauline Collin Bereche Champagne 1er Cru Vieilles Vignes Ludes 2020 CS20230731 It's light-bodied and silky

It's light-bodied and silky

and a touch of brioche

The estate continues to farm its core parcels on the deep gravels north of Pauillac with a deliberately classical approach

and a splash of Syrah from Carneros

Pauline Collin Bereche Champagne 1er Cru Vieilles Vignes Ludes 2020 CS20230731 It's light-bodied and silkyPauline Collin is one of the most exciting new voices in grower Champagne, and this is only her second release. She comes from a long line of growers in Ludes, a premier cru village high on the Montagne de Reims, and she trained at Krug and Ruinart before working alongside her husband Raphael Bereche. Her credo is simple: one wine, one terroir, one vintage. To do it, she reclaimed roughly two hectares of the family's finest old vine parcels to farm,