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Wine Description
The Story
Base year, 2010. 100% Chardonnay from Léclepart’s estate vineyards in Trépail. Fermented in both enameled steel tanks and used barrels. Zero dosage. Light yellow; intense aromas of chalk, yellow plum, pear and a hint of biscuit. Medium-full with excellent concentration; a huge mid-palate, Outstanding persistence, very good acidity and a powerful finish, that is earthy and pungent. Wonderful varietal purity – outstanding Blanc de Blancs. If not for the bubbles, you might imagine you are drinking a Grand Cru Chablis! This will improve for at least another 10-12 years – and perhaps longer.
Wine Information
The current release of David Léclapart’s “l’Artiste” Blanc de Blancs is from the base year of 2010, with half of the vins clairs for this bottling barrel-fermented and the other half in enameled stainless steel tanks. This is a full malo bubbly and received no dosage. The wine is excellent on both the nose and palate, with the bouquet wafting from the glass in a deep mélange of pear, apple, fresh almond, lovely minerality, crème patissière and a topnote of white lilies. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, vibrant and shows off gorgeous mid-palate depth, with fine focus and grip, frothy mousse and a very long, poised and seamlessly balanced finish. I liked this version even better than the 2008 base year version of l’Artiste I tasted last year during my two weeks in the region, and I wonder if this is a reflection of a bit of palate fatigue last year! This is really fine juice. 2016-2035.
