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Pierre Paillard Champagne Extra Brut Rose Les Terres Grand Cru NV 750ml
Expert Review
Wine Advocate 93 Points: | The partridge-eye colored Bouzy Grand Cru Rosé Les Terres Roses "11" is a 2011 assemblage of 65% Chardonnay and 35% Pinot Noir, of which 7% is added as red wine. Pure and fresh, but intense and vinous on the nose, this is a full-bodied, vinous and nicely pure, perfectly precise and structured, dry Rosé. It has a long and fruity finish. This is simply great and well-structured Rosé! You are gonna have to buy it. There is so much precision and pure fruit here!
Vinous 92 Points | (70% Chardonnay and 30% Pinot Noir; disgorged in March, 2014): Light, bright orange. Strawberry, smoky minerals, rose pastille and a leesy nuance on the highly perfumed nose. Dry, spicy and seamless on the palate, offering vibrant flavors of fresh strawberry and brioche. Lithe and mineral-driven, with a lively, persistent finish and resonating floral character.
Oudiette Filles ‘Les Sablonnières’ Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut Champagne NV (2019) 750ml
Winemaker Description
Les Sablonnières comes from a tiny plot (23.64 ares) near the village of Beaunay in the Coteaux du Petit Morin. The parcel has a south-southwestern exposure at 200m planted to pinot noir and pinot noir droit (a small-berried clone prized for its structure) on sandy-clay topsoils, over a chalky subsoil. 2019 was the first time this vineyard was fermented alone and the results are stunning. Les Sablonnières is particularly suited to producing fine pinot noir that is both well-structured and immediately inviting, with a beautiful nose and effortless grace.
Handed harvested fruit is taken to a state-of-the-art press house located just five minutes from her vineyards in the village of Vert-Toulon, where they were pressed in a Coquard press with an inclined plate (the latest generation of Coquard). Only the heart, or the coeur de cuvée, of the first pressing is utilized. 90% of primary fermentation occurs in used (5-7 years old) 228L Burgundy oak barrels, and 10% in new barrels, without fining, filtration, or cold stabilization. Malolactic fermentation is natural and spontaneous in the barrel. Wines are naturally stabilized and aged for ten months in the same oak barrels with bâtonnage three times. Aged 36 months in bottle before disgorgement and a dosage of 3g/L from concentrated grape must from her vineyards.
Franck Pascal Champagne Fluence Brut Nature NV 750ml
Expert Review
92 Points Robert Parker | The intensely yellow colored NV Brut Nature Fluence assembles 60% Pinot Meunier and 34% Pinot Noir with 6% Chardonnay. The most recent issue is based on the vintages 2012 (30%) and 2013 (70%) and was disgorged in June 2017. The wine opens with an intense and ripe fruit aroma on the nose that has a lot of Chardonnay features. On the palate, this is a beautifully pure, precise and fine yet very intense Brut Nature with a firm, tight structure and a long and complex finish. A stunning, great Champagne with a mineral finish and lots of pineapple and terroir flavors.
