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    1 422
  • Producer ranking ?

    2
  • Decanting time

    15min
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Seafood, Salads & Consommes

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The Story

La Closerie Les Béguines | a place known as ‘Les Béguines’.
Closerie’ means : vine plot of around 5 to 7.5 acres minded by a tenant
Les Béguines’ means : vine shoots swath. A bundle is composed of several béguines
Area : around 5 unsegmented acres – border under the name of ‘Champagne’
Geology : paleocene 59 -55 million years – limestone sand of the Thanétien
Altitude : 120m
Grape variety : 94% pinot meunier- massal selection 3309 and 5B...

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Vintage 2015

A wet winter and mild spring gave way to an exceptionally dry summer from mid-May onwards. Hot weather prevailed until mid-August, when the skies opened again. Rains gave way to fine, cool, yet sunny weather for the first two weeks of harvest, which commenced on August 29th. The 2015 vintage has a lot of common denominators with the 2003 vintage but the 2015s are showing a better balance of weight and freshness with their average potential alc...

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Deliciously rounded, yes almost sweet In its perfumed aromatic despite minimal dosage. Beautifully nutty base, but notes of dark purple flowers from the summer garden paired with caramel and nougat. Stylish.

  • 89p

The (2015) Extra-Brut Fac-Simile Rosé is racy and totally exciting in the glass. Beautifully focused, the 2015 pulses with energy. There is a weightless tension to the 2015 that I find alluring. A rush of cranberry, crushed flowers, rose petal and white pepper notes emerges from this powerful, vibrant Champagne. Stylistically, the Rosé is quite a bit more nervous than the blanc, at least today. There is so much to like here. Disgorged August 2017. Dosage is 2.8 grams per liter.

  • 95p
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