Product Overview
Importer's Notes:
"Approximately 50% of this wine each year comes from a perpetual cuvée started by Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy’s father, René in 1970. This makes it the oldest and most complex blend of vintages in any non-vintage wine we work with. For the base of Expression, half of the total perpetual cuvée is drawn off from two large concrete vats and replaced with the current harvests’ wine. Small amounts of wine from every vintage stretching from the year the Beatles broke up, through the last harvest is in these vats – this is a 50 year old reserve. When you taste this wine, think about the history in the glass and how rare it is to have a non-vintage wine this complex and layered."
Varietal Composition: 35% Meunier, 35% Pinot noir, 30% Chardonnay
Appellation: Champagne AOC
Farming Practices: Sustainable
Aging: 44 months in French oak
92 Points - Wine Spectator
"An elegant Champagne, with a buoyant, airy quality to the fine mousse, carried by focused, well-meshed flavors of spiced plum, mandarin orange peel, pickled ginger and pastry. Finely cut and harmonious. Disgorged July 2016. Drink now through 2022. 350 cases imported." -AN, 11/3017
90 Points - Wine Advocate
"Disgorged in November 2019, the new release of Geoffroy's NV Brut Expression delivers an inviting bouquet of pear, yellow apples, fresh pastry and hints of honeycomb, much like its July 2019-disgorged predecessor. Medium to full-bodied, bright and incisive, it's a chiseled, precise wine with a charming core of fruit, bright acids and a pinpoint mousse, concluding with a delicately chalky finish." -WK, 3/31/21
89 Points - Vinous
"The NV Brut Expression is an attractive entry-level offering. Dried pear, chamomile, crushed herbs and spice are all nicely laced together. The Meunier is driving the style and feel of the wine this year. The Expression could benefit from a bit more depth through the middle and into the finish, but it is nicely done just the same. This release is a blend of equal parts 2017 and a perpetual reserve. Dosage is 5 grams per liter. Disgorged: March, 2022." -AG, Nov/2022
