You shouldn’t be here. Not because it’s illegal — but because it feels too intimate, too revealing, too... primal. A bottle that’s touched the ocean floor shouldn’t be in your hands. It should be in a museum. But here you are, tilting it toward the light like a secret lover’s letter — and uncorking what should’ve stayed buried.
Crafted from equal parts Pinot Noir, Meunier, and Chardonnay, this cuvée was destined for ritual. After three years aging sur lattes, it was sealed again and lowered into the Atlantic, 60 meters below the surface, just off the coast of Brittany. For 10 months, it remained submerged in absolute stillness, darkness, and cold — wrapped in marine silence. No vibration. No light. Just the tide, the pressure, and time doing what time does best: making the sublime feel forbidden.
The result is something uncanny — otherworldly. It smells like crushed oyster shells and lime blossom. Like lemon oil dabbed on wet driftwood. There’s salt in the air, even if you're drinking it inland. Each bubble is tighter, finer, more urgent than you'd expect. It doesn’t flirt — it pulls. And then the fruit arrives: green apple skin, bruised pear, underripe apricot, all tucked behind layers of raw almond, iodine, chalk, and smoked sea salt.
There is zero dosage, but no austerity. This wine is skeletal in the way marble statues are: firm, sensual, timeless. You feel its tension in your chest. You finish your glass and instinctively glance around to see who might be watching.
Pair it with raw scallop sliced razor-thin, or nothing at all but skin and sea air. Maybe a sliver of washed-rind cheese you weren’t sure was still good. Maybe fingers, if they’re salted and slightly trembling. This isn’t a pairing wine. It’s a possession.
Region: Épernay & submerged aging site off the coast of Brittany, Champagne, France Grapes: 33% Pinot Noir, 33% Pinot Meunier, 33% Chardonnay Underwater Aging: 10 months at 60m depth in the Bay of Stiff, Ushant Island Base Vintage: 2017
