Dhondt - Grellet: Champagne Le Bateau Vieille Vigne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 2014

Dhondt - Grellet: Champagne Le Bateau Vieille Vigne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 2014

Chardonnay 100%
hvid, tør
Fermentering på flaske
Perling
12,0% Vol.
Drikkemoden: 2024–2059
Pakket ind i: 3-serie OHK
Jeb Dunnuck: 96+/100
Parker: 96/100
Frankrig, Champagne, Côte des Blancs
Allergener: Sulfitter,
96+
/100

Jeb Dunnuck om: Champagne Le Bateau Vieille Vigne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut

The NV Champagne Blanc de Blancs Le Bateau Extra Brut is more introverted, with a chalky texture that is very pretty and elegant. Medium-bodied, it's refined on the palate, with a pretty, rounded, pillowy mousse and citrus notes that lift and focus through the finish. A more elegant wine, it should age exceptionally well over the next three decades.

96
/100

Parker om: Champagne Le Bateau Vieille Vigne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut

From vines planted in 1951 by Dhondt's grandfather, the 2014 Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Le Bateau Vieille Vigne derives from a chalky parcel that straddles a small valley, roughly two-thirds of it exposed south, the remaining one-third facing to the north. Exhibiting scents of Meyer lemon, lime zest, fresh peach, mint and pastry cream, it's full-bodied, concentrated and multidimensional, with a vinous profile but lovely cut and chalky phenolic grip to balance its breadth and amplitude. It was disgorged in October 2018 with 1.8 grams per liter dosage. Dhondt tells me that the old massal selection Chardonnay growing here produces small, golden grapes with ripe skins, contributing unusual dry extract to its wines. 96/100

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Dhondt – Grellet

Det familiedrevne Domaine Dhondt-Grellet er et symbol på Champagnes succeshistorie. Allerede i 1986 holdt Eric Dhondt og Edith Grellet op med at sælge druer til négocianter for at aftappe deres egen vision af Champagne.

Champagne Le Bateau Vieille Vigne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 2014