'Chemin de Reims' Champagne Extra Brut 2017 | Chartogne Taillet Chenas Tim Wildman became a Master

Tim Wildman became a Master of Wine in 2008 and worked for years as a buyer for the legendary Caves de Pyrene just outside London

now farms 15 hectares organically and biodynamically — a philosophy they adopted in 2005

the aromas are a riot of cherries - red cherry

The wines are produced according to the same philosophy as that of the estate

was joined by his son Jean-Louis in 1977

'Chemin de Reims' Champagne Extra Brut 2017 | Chartogne Taillet Chenas Tim Wildman became a MasterTaking its name from the lieu dit (single parcel of vines) from which it heralds, Chemin de Reims is a Blanc de Blancs (100% Chardonnay) champagne of remarkable history and originality. A small, well exposed plot of just over 1ha facing on the hills of Merfy, vines have been cultivated here since the ninth century, as documented in a surviving letter between bishops in the Middle Ages. Now Estate owned, vines sit on free draining, iron rich Thanetian