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

Holzkiste

: Chardonnay 100%

: weiß, trocken; Flaschengärung; Perlend; 12,0% Vol.; Trinkreife: 2024–2059; Verpackt in: 3er OHK

: Lobenberg: 97–98/100; Jeb Dunnuck: 96+/100; Parker: 96/100

: Frankreich, Champagne, Côte des Blancs

: Allergene: Sulfite,

Abfüller / Importeur: Champagne Dhondt-Grellet, Le Vieux Moulin, 51190 Flavigny, Frankreich

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

-- Jeb Dunnuck: 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.

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

-- Parker: 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

Mein Winzer

Dhondt – Grellet

Die familiengeführte Domaine Dhondt-Grellet ist ein Sinnbild für die Erfolgsstory der Winzerchampagne. Bereits 1986 stoppten Eric Dhondt und Edith Grellet den Verkauf von Trauben an Négociants, um ihre eigene Vision der Champagne in die Flasche zu füllen.

Zum Winzer

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