Billard-Gonnet, Pommard 1er Chaponnieres Vieilles Vignes, 2012 Champagne Celebration 2025 One of the Loire's most

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Ideal with roast duck

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Billard-Gonnet, Pommard 1er Chaponnieres Vieilles Vignes, 2012 Champagne Celebration 2025 One of the Loire's mostThis is old school Pommard from one of the village's most stubbornly traditional addresses. Domaine Billard Gonnet traces its roots to 1766, and Philippe Billard still farms a patchwork of Pommard premiers crus the way his family always has: open vat fermentation, hand punch downs, and no fining or filtering. Chaponnieres is a structured, muscular site, and this old vines bottling is built for the long haul. At a dozen plus years on, the 2012 is