Product Overview
Importer's Notes:
"These are sleek, racy champagnes, expressing a classic character of Côte des Blancs chardonnay. They are marked by their fine acidity and prominent minerality, yet while they are always brisk and chalky. "We have a lot of acidity and a lot of minerality in all our wines," says Rodolphe Péters. "We want to build the structure of our wines around both acidity and minerality, not acidity alone."
Varietal Composition: 100% Chardonnay
Appellation: Champagne AOC
Vineyard Designation: Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
Assemblage: 2018 Base with reserve wine from 1988, 1990, 1993 and 1995 through 2017
Aging: 24+ months
Dosage: 6 to 7 g/L
Disgorgement Date: March 2022
Product Classification: RM, Recoltant Manipulant
92 Points - Wine Spectator
"A lively Champagne, offering pretty floral and ripe, macerated fruit aromas that accent nectarine and grainy pear flavors, with hints of pickled ginger, verbena and slivered almond and a fine, lacy mousse. Elegant. Drink now. 150 cases imported." -AN, 11/30/22
92 Points - Wine Advocate
"Based on the 2019 vintage (which Péters declares "the best of the decade") and disgorged this year, the NV Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Cuvée de Réserve bursts with aromas of crisp stone fruit, orange zest, freshly baked bread and beeswax. Medium-bodied, ample and pillowy, with a fleshy core of fruit, racy acids and a saline finish, it's animated by an attractive pinpoint mousse." -WK, 8/31/22
