Agrapart & Fils: Champagne Minéral Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Extra Brut 2018

Agrapart & Fils: Champagne Minéral Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Extra Brut 2018

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Chardonnay 100%
hvid, tør
Fermentering på flaske
Perling
12,5% Vol.
Modenhed til at drikke: 2025–2038
mineral
frisk syrlighed
Lobenberg: 96–97/100
Parker: 94+/100
Decanter: 95/100
Galloni: 95/100
Frankrig, Champagne, Côte des Blancs
Allergener: Sulfitter,
Tapperi / Importør: SCEV Champagne Pascal Agrapart, 57, Avenue Jean Jaurès, 51190 Avize, FRANKREICH
lobenberg

Heiner Lobenberg om:
Champagne Minéral Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Extra Brut 2018

96–97
/100

Vinen kommer 100% fra Avize kommune og står 100% på ren kalksten, næsten uden jord. 100% Chardonnay Grand Cru. Halvdelen af denne vin gæres spontant i ståltanke og halvdelen i barriques, men i store 600-liters fade, hvorefter den forbliver på bærmen i syv måneder. Basisvinene kommer derefter på flaske til endnu en gæring. Under gæringen i træ og efter macerationen foretages der ingen batonnage. Vinen forsegles derefter i flasken med den sædvanlige kronehætte og forbliver sådan i seks år. Som altid tilsættes doseringen først i slutningen af processen: kun lidt sukker og basisvin fra huset, under fire gram sukker, dvs. næsten knastør. Næsen er ekstremt mineralsk. Fin pære, kvæde, meget tryk, utrolig længde, salt, kalksten. Enorm finesse, mere end to minutters finish, stor glans og finesse. Dette vil være en stor champagne efter 10 år.

94+
/100

Parker om: Champagne Minéral Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Extra Brut

The 2018 Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Minéral, disgorged in August 2024 with three grams per liter dosage, introduces the range of vintage wines. Defined by poor soils with just about 50 centimeters of topsoil, it comes from two chalk-based, old-vine parcels: Le Champ Bouton in Avize (vinified in tank) and Les Bionnes in Cramant (vinified in an old 600-liter barrel). “In 2017, we lost about 50% to 60% due to frost, then in 2018 we harvested three times the volume of 2017,” reveals Ambroise Agrapart, who is now making the wines, though his father is still very much present. More generously structured compared to the 2016 yet more precise than the 2017, it wafts from the glass with notes of tangerine zest, green apple and dried white flowers. Nakedly chalky with electric-like acidity, it maintains its reputation as the most tensile wine in the range, capturing the freshness much better than many other wines of this vintage.

95
/100

Decanter om: Champagne Minéral Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Extra Brut

This must be one of the most beguiling and refined 2018s from the Côte des Blancs, managing to retain a tensile, nuanced and detailed complexity in a year that can sometimes be a bit simple. From some of the estate’s chalkiest, shallowest soils, Minéral impresses by setting white peach, bitter almond and dried flowers in a lithe, persistent frame full of leapfrogging details of slate, umami savour and apricot kernel richness, dancing over a long, detailed finish. Terrific.

95
/100

Galloni om: Champagne Minéral Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Extra Brut

The 2018 Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Minéral Grand Cru is impressive, especially for the year. As always, the Minéral is a blend from the Champboutons and Bionnes lieux-dits in Avize and Cramant, respectively. Creamy and resonant, with exquisite balance, the 2018 has so much to offer. Expressive floral, earthy and savory undertones frame a core of Chardonnay fruit. Vinification and aging in oak further softens the contours. Time in the glass amplifies the wine's strong mineral accents. The 2018 is, quite simply. pristine. Dosage is 3 grams per liter. Disgorged: May 2024.

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Dette champagnehus blev grundlagt i 1894 af Arthur Agrapart, oldefar til de nuværende ejere Pascal og Fabrice Agrapart, i Avize i hjertet af Côte des Blancs.

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Champagne Minéral Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Extra Brut 2018

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