Gamet Champagne Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature Carres du Midi 2019 26REASONABLE Niess spent nearly a decade

Niess spent nearly a decade making Burgundian-style wine at Radio-Coteau before founding North American Press in 2019 to work exclusively with North America's native grapes and their hybrids

as well as marzipan and gingerbread

where the swing between blistering afternoons and cold nights is about as dramatic as anywhere in the region

Biodynamic certification came the following year in 2014

Full bodied in character

Gamet Champagne Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature Carres du Midi 2019 26REASONABLE Niess spent nearly a decadeNorth facing vineyards used to be a liability in Champagne. In a warming region they have quietly become an asset, and Carres du Midi is the argument: one north facing parcel in the village of Mardeuil, in the Marne Valley, planted to Pinot Noir back in 1969 and farmed by Marianne Gamet, the fourth generation here. Slower ripening means more tension, and Gamet doesn't sand any of it down the wine is fermented and aged in demi muids, spends 36 months