{"product_id":"2018-maxime-blin-terre-de-sable-coteaux-champenois-champagne-fr","title":"2018 Maxime Blin, Terre de Sable, Coteaux Champenois, Champagne, France","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the village of Trigny, tucked into the Massif de Saint-Thierry northwest of Reims, Maxime and Claire Blin farm 12 hectares across 40 parcels and 25 lieux-dits — all within a single village, making this a true mono-cru estate. The family's roots here go back to 1947, when Maxime's grandparents Robert and Juliette planted their first vines in the aftermath of the war. Maxime returned to the estate in 2005; Claire joined him full-time in 2013. Together they have pushed toward an increasingly terroir-driven vision, achieving organic certification in 2021. Sandy and clay-limestone soils give the wines a particular freshness and mineral tension uncommon in this corner of the appellation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is one of the smallest bottlings in the Maxime Blin range, at just 300 bottles produced. In 2018, Claire and Maxime added a traditional Champagne foudre (large cask) to their cellar with the original intention of building an organic solera system. But when it came time to blend, they tasted what was in the barrel and followed their instincts, instead bottling it as a still Coteaux Champenois blanc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wine is 100% pinot noir, vinified as a white wine, pressed off skins and aged in that single foudre. The fruit comes from two Trigny hamlets, Chatillon and La Croix Mont, rooted in the sandy soils of the Massif de Saint-Thierry. There's an interplay of Meyer lemon, mirabelle plum, and subtle hazelnut, round but not heavy. A reminder that Champagne's still wines deserve far more attention than they get.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yes Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51341170344232,"sku":"AT18BLINSABLE","price":155.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/1794\/6152\/files\/MaximeBlin_TerredeSable_CoteauxChampenois.jpg?v=1768604268","url":"https:\/\/yes-society.com\/products\/2018-maxime-blin-terre-de-sable-coteaux-champenois-champagne-fr","provider":"Yes Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}