2009 Louis Armand Vintage Brut
Offer: $95
This is mostly from 1er Crus near Aÿ and made from chardonnay (20%) / pinot meunier (5%) and pinot noir (75%). This is a fleshy and tightly packed vintage wine with biscuity, brioche, honey and lemon pith undertones, but the overriding impression is generosity and balance with a dry finish.
Only a dozen left.
NV Gonet-Medeville Blanc de Noirs 1er Cru
Offer: $99 | Half-Dozen Offer: $95
Offer: $219| Half-Dozen Offer: $205
"The new release of Gonet-Medeville's NV Brut Premier Cru Blanc de Noirs is showing very well, offering up an appealing bouquet of crisp golden orchard fruit, honeycomb, warm biscuits and dried white flowers. On the palate, it's full-bodied, broad and vinous, with ripe but racy acids, good depth at the core and a delicate mousse. Concentrated and structured, another year on the cork will be rewarded by additional complexity, even though this is approachable now." 93pts! - William Kelley, The Wine Advocate.
This is 100% pinot noir from the great 1er Cru villages (near Aÿ) and its 80% 2020 with the balance older reserve wines. It been barrel fermented, spent 3 years on lees and has a modest dosage of 4g/l..
The pinot character (crushed strawberries, brioche, almond meal, stony minerality) jump from the glass and the palate is fresh, vibrant, dry, refreshing and complex. This is superb.
9 dozen in stock.
