April 17, 2024 - forgot to look at disgorgement date... will add later. deeply colored showing a lot of red varietal in there… pretty standard NV mousse… aromatically its red fruit dominated, quite a bit of fruit, noticeable minerality, minimal lees and older wines. on the palate high acids, a bit round on the midpalate (neutral oak or full malo or riper chard in there). balanced wine with very good length, great intensity, nice complexity. plenty of finesse, a very fine texture, excellent expression of place. really nice.
February 11, 2024 - This was the 03/21 disgorgement. This has really come together. Elegant interplay between fruit and minerals. Not too much in the way of mature notes, just a bit of brioche.
February 11, 2024 - This Adrien Renoir 50/50 blend of Pinot and Chardonnay comes from the Grand Cru village of Verzy and was disgorged June 2022. Compared to the BD3C this wine feels more powerful and full, but I wouldn’t call it a particularly full bodied wine on its own. There’s impeccable balance and harmony here. Beautiful lemony acid and then this wonderful spicy aroma and palette presence that I can’t point to any one particular spice, but it’s more like a spice blend where each element enhances the others. I really like this quality in champagne. Lovely autolytic notes show up as the wine warms, and I found this wine to really hit its high mark with about 2 hours of air and served at cellar temp. Everything comes into full force, and before we knew it, the bottle was empty. Need to grab a few more of these - excellent QPR.
January 29, 2024 - This entry level bottling is purportedly 50/50 Pinot and Chardonnay, but I thought it was a BdB because of the citrus and white flower. In hindsight though it would be unusual to have a BdB from Verzy, although he does do an excellent one (Les Montants). Appropriately lee-sy, but most importantly vinous. Many growers espouse a lean, mineral style with low to no dosage that can end up being thin and shrill if the fruit is insufficiently ripe or perhaps too-gently pressed - a problem compounded by the recent trend of salami slicing cuvées that lowers the overall quality of entry level cuvées. Anyway, this had salinity and minerality but also a rounded, decently mid-weight palate and good extract depth. Excellent for the price
December 30, 2023 - Disgorged 2022. Great bottle. Don't serve too cold (go for 15° or more), let it breathe.
On the nose citrus, peach, apple. On the palette bright, good quality acidity; pears, apples, brioche. Slopes of Verzy are north-facing, which makes it very bright and linear.
Pinot noir brings nice structure to it. It has a medium body and a nice roundness to it. Can easily age up to three more years.
December 21, 2023 - @ Four Horseman by the glass.
On the palate...crisp, don't notice ripping acid, more round and savory. Bit of apple cider notes, toasty but not brioche heavy.
Overall lovelly
November 25, 2023 - 2019 base. Had a red-fruited, Pinot-dominated nose but palate had lip-puckering acidity that made me think Chardonnay. Needs more time to integrate unlike previous iterations that were more approachable.
September 2, 2023 - Disgorged 06/22 with 0.8g/l dosage. 50% Pinot Noir and 50% Chardonnay. Medium nose intensity with notes of lemon, apple, pear.
July 29, 2023 - The nose opens up spring-like and fresh, filled with peach notes, red apple, nectarine, chamomile, meyer lemons, elderflower, yellow florals, biscuits, and some toast. The Medium bodied feel is deft and balanced while showing off tart, high acidity along with an excellent, pleasing finish. This is a fresh fruit-driven Champagne with just the perfect amount of autolytics to keep it interesting. I'm finally beginning to dig into Adrien Renoir more and I'm certainly a fan.
April 9, 2023 - Crisp apple and pear with undertones of sweet brioche on the nose. High acidity made a crackling sensation on the tongue. Really delicious grower champagne
We drank it next to Langham Corallian sparkling and interesting to see the contrasting styles with the Langham being less brioche and more ripe fruit.