Michel Mailliard Brut Cuvee Gregory Italy North elegant Pinot Noir at prices

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sour cherry skin and a faint blush of red currant

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Michel Mailliard Brut Cuvee Gregory Italy North elegant Pinot Noir at pricesVertus is more than a dot on the Cte des Blancs. Its a village where chalk runs close to the surface and Chardonnay is shaped by tension from the start. Since 1894, the Mailliard family has farmed here, four generations rooted in these pale soils, their history set into Vertus as firmly as the vines themselves. Cuve Grgory takes its name from the fourth generation now at the helm, Gregory Mailliard, working alongside his sister Alexia after years