Etienne Calsac, Champagne Rose de Craie (Base 2023), NV SO122123_Cellar provides the ideal growing conditions

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Etienne Calsac, Champagne Rose de Craie (Base 2023), NV SO122123_Cellar provides the ideal growing conditionsEtienne Calsac is one of the rising grower stars of the Cote des Blancs, who took over his grandparents' Avize vines in 2010 at age 26 and began making his own terroir driven Champagne instead of selling the fruit. Rose de Craie ('chalk rose') is his pink cuvee, named for the chalk soils that define the region, made in a delicate, gastronomic style rather than a fruit bomb rose. Built on the 2023 base, it's the kind of grower rose that drinks as