Raphaelle Guyot, Amaltee, 2024 111524NEW and plum lead

and plum lead

and full of breezy mountain freshness

and consistently among the best values in Champagne

and just a trace of spice—wrapped around a mineral core that unfolds slowly in the glass

IWA 5 is the sake project of Richard Geoffroy

Raphaelle Guyot, Amaltee, 2024 111524NEW and plum leadAligot from Puisaye Forterrebetween Sancerre and Chablis in northernmost Burgundy. Raphalle Guyot returned here in 2018 after her BTS in viticulture and oenology from Beaune (2015) and apprenticeships at Thibault Liger Belair, La Grange Tiphaine, and Vincent Pinard. She farms about 3 hectares, replanting vineyards that held vines in the 19th century before phylloxera. Direct pressed, fermented and aged 10 months in concrete. Organic and biodynamic