La Sorga Belzebrut 2020

Belzebrut is a pétillant naturel made from 100% Colombard grown on basalt soils in the Hérault Valley. The grapes are pressed directly and the must is not settled before bottling. Anthony Tortul sources from organic and biodynamically farmed parcels across the Hérault, and this wine is classified as Vin de France, giving him full freedom to work with Colombard outside the constraints of Languedoc AOC rules.

The wine undergoes spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts, spends a minimum of six months on the lath in bottle, and is disgorged by hand. It is bottled by gravity, unfined, unfiltered, and released with no added sulfites. At 11% ABV, the mousse is gentle and the wine retains the grape's naturally high acidity.

Colombard is a cross of Chenin Blanc and Gouais Blanc, originally from the Charentes. In the Hérault, grown on basalt, it produces wines that are more mineral and taut than the fleshier expressions common in Gascony. The result here is a wine defined by citrus snap and floral lift rather than richness.

Drink young and cold, 44–48°F, and expect some natural sediment from the disgorgement process. Once open, it moves fast.