Agrapart Vénus Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 2016

Chalk dust, white peach, and honeyed lemon rind open with striking focus and purity. Zero dosage strips away any softening cushion, letting the raw tension of the wine come through unmediated, this is Avize speaking directly. The 0.3-hectare plot, planted in 1959 and worked by hand, delivers a stony, flinty backbone that runs the length of the palate, with fine, persistent bubbles carrying the whole thing to a taut, dry finish. Lean, precise, and deeply site-specific.