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$109.29The Story
Vintage number 71 opens with notes of sea shell, white peach and light biscuit. This highly finessed 2006 vintage mixes 42/39/19 chardonnay/pinot noir/pinot meunier, with a great depth of pithy lemon and chalky minerality. A dense green apple core is brightened and styled with chalk dust and lemon vibrancy. A fine rift of spices on the finish, and a low (5 g/l) dosage keep chardonnay's pristine fruit at the fore. A quirky year, the 2006 vintage followed a cold winter, frost in the spring, and a summer that featured hail, a heat wave and then a cool, rainy August. It was all saved by a September that featured three weeks of superb weather to brought the crop home. It’s what makes a vintage bubble so unique.
95 Points - Wine Enthusiast
This offers great balance between the freshest fruit and toasty maturity. That poise gives this impressive Champagne a tension, a high wire act that works superbly. It is rich, full of fruit but also with great depth. It will certainly age, so drink now or hold through 2019.
Description
Vintage number 71 opens with notes of sea shell, white peach and light biscuit. This highly finessed 2006 vintage mixes 42/39/19 chardonnay/pinot noir/pinot meunier, with a great depth of pithy lemon and chalky minerality. A dense green apple core is brightened and styled with chalk dust and lemon vibrancy. A fine rift of spices on the finish, and a low (5 g/l) dosage keep chardonnay's pristine fruit at the fore. A quirky year, the 2006 vintage followed a cold winter, frost in the spring, and a summer that featured hail, a heat wave and then a cool, rainy August. It was all saved by a September that featured three weeks of superb weather to brought the crop home. It’s what makes a vintage bubble so unique.
95 Points - Wine Enthusiast
This offers great balance between the freshest fruit and toasty maturity. That poise gives this impressive Champagne a tension, a high wire act that works superbly. It is rich, full of fruit but also with great depth. It will certainly age, so drink now or hold through 2019.
