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Adrien Dhondt Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Mesnil sur Oger Chetillons De Haut Extra Brut
Adrien Dhondt’s 2021 Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil-sur-Oger Chetillons de Haut has turned out beautifully, adopting a slightly more giving style in the context of the vintage, due in part to its residual sugar. Disgorged in April 2025, it leaps from the glass with a deep bouquet of nashi pear, orange oil and beeswax mingled with cherry plum, Madagascar vanilla and a top note of sandalwood. Deep and layered, it is ample yet incisive, laden with tangy acidity and concluding with a long, precise finish. In a vintage that can sometimes deliver austere wines, this is a cuvée of balance. It derives from a chalky, east-facing site higher up the slope with shallow topsoil, where vines affected by le court-noué deliver lower yields, resulting in fruit of higher maturity and concentration. The wine is vinified in approximately 30% new oak.