Pertois Lebrun L'Extravertie

Green apple and grapefruit first, then a little buttered brioche. L’Extravertie is the bottle brothers Clément and Antoine Bouret make to introduce their corner of the Côte des Blancs. It has the snap of Chardonnay on chalk, with enough breadth for a plate of prawns or a sliver of Comté.

House Profile

The brothers work from Cramant. For their seven-cru L’Extravertie, they blend Chardonnay from Chouilly, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Oiry, Cramant and Oger with fruit from the Premier Cru villages of Cuis and Villeneuve. Only the first pressing goes into the wine. It spends ten months on its fine lees in tank and oak before bottling.

Type

Blanc de Blancs · 100% Chardonnay · Non-vintage

Dosage

The grower’s release sheet gives 3 g/L for the blend of 2021 fruit and 14% reserve wine from 2020, bottled in July 2022.

Region

Côte des Blancs