This year was all about alternating weather patterns. A particularly wet winter gave way to a warm and dry spring. May saw some rain, and even though late June-brought about a minor heatwave, the remainder of the summer was moist and murky. Disease pressure was lifted but once again fine, hot September weather was able to save and concentrate the crop. A large crop (11,553 kg/ha) was picked from September 8th onwards. The year's biggest proble...
Sourced exclusively from ancient, single-estate vines in the legendary Grand Cru village of Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, this prestige vintage cuvée (partially fermented in oak barrels without malolactic fermentation) represents the ultimate expression of chiseled Le Mesnil chalk and purity.
The nose is striking, crystalline, and immensely deep, bursting with candied lemon peel, white peach, and fresh green apple, seamlessly interwoven with autolytic layers of warm brioche, blanched almonds, subtle woodsmoke, and a profound, crushed-chalk minerality. On the palate, the entry is laser-focused, razor-sharp, and weightless. A hyper-fine, seamless mousse carries a concentrated core of citrus oil and white stone fruit across the mid-palate, held rigid by a searing, mouthwatering spine of natural acidity. Driven by a minimal Extra Brut dosage, it concludes on an extraordinarily long, bone-dry, and intensely saline-salivary finish that reverberates with lime pith and wet limestone.
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