NV AR Lenoble - Champagne Grand Cru Blanc De Blancs Cuvee Aventures (750ml)

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This single-vineyard NV Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Chouilly Brut Les Aventures assembles Chardonnay from two vintages: 2002 and 2006. Twenty-two percent of the wine was vinified in oak, and it was bottled in September 2007. Disgorged in January 2018 with less than three grams per liter of dosage, this intensely golden-yellow colored cuv?e indicates lovely maturity, with iodine purity and freshness on the deep and complex nose. There are floral notes as well as dried fruit, brioche, honey and almond flavors. Dry, fine and complex on the palate, this is a highly characterful, structured, very pure and persistently salty Chouilly that has gained a lot of secondary flavors and layers over the years on the lees! It's a fabulously vinous and vital but also matured wine with very fine bubbles and great terroir expression. It's a really great Champagne from Chouilly, and the best is to enjoy it with food, white meat perhaps with lots of morels. The finish is immense yet pure, fresh, structured and stunningly aromatic. Tasted April 2018.-SR

(made from a blend of 2006 and 2002 wines; L 11 318 04 06 05): Light yellow-gold. Powerful aromas of nectarine, poached pear and lemon curd, with suave vanilla, butter and floral accents. Deeply pitched orchard and pit fruit flavors are given spine by tangy acidity and pick up spiciness and chalky minerality with air. Powerful yet lithe and precise, finishing with excellent clarity, length and lingering vanilla and brioche notes.-JR