JamesSuckling.com

• By James Suckling
  12/20/2021 (link)

  (NV Tarlant Champagne La Vigne d'Antan, France) Subscribe to see review text.

View From the Cellar

• By John Gilman
  May/Jun 2015, Issue #57, The June 2015 Champagne and Sparkling Wine Report Tales From Two Weeks In the Region in April

  (NV Champagne Tarlant “La Vignes d’Antan” Brut Nature NV(Disgorged May 2014)) Subscribe to see review text.

Champagne Warrior

• By Brad Baker
  July 2009, Issue #3, Champagne Tasting Notes

  (NV Tarlant La Vigne d'Antan - 1999 base) Subscribe to see review text.

Vinous

• By Josh Raynolds
  November/December 2006, IWC Issue #129 (link)

  (NV Tarlant La Vigne d'Antan Non-Greffee Chardonnay Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut) Subscribe to see review text.

Garagiste

• By Jon Rimmerman
  8/23/2009 (link)

  (NV VIGNE D ANTAN Tarlant) UPDATE: Shipping Address While the shipping season is still a few months away, we ask that you update your shipping address, email address or contact information if you've moved or changed mailing addresses since last spring. If you have the same contact/mailing information you do not need to update it. For shipping address changes or updates to your contact information: melisa@garagistewine.com We ask that you kindly update your information prior to September 15th (we'll remind you a few more times!). Thank you - Garagiste ************************ Odds Dear Friends, A few last minute additions over the weekend, including an interesting large format that is severely underpriced versus its 2005 counterpart. Have a good weekend everyone - - Jon Rimmerman ***************************** Focus Wine: NV Tarlant Champagne "La Vigne d'Antan" Non-Greffee Blanc de Blanc Extra Brut This is a one of a kind example from an ungrafted pre-phylloxera vineyard - llot de Sablet, planted in the 1880's. It is 100% Chardonnay with the expression of soil and varietal as its primary focus. There are very few (if any) pre-phyloxera vineyards left in Burgundy or Champagne which makes this fussed over example very dear to the collecting community. Maybe the most important aspect of this wine is what it isn't: a homogenized creation blended from several sites to reflect a house style. What it does contain is a light dosage coupled with 120 year old vines that make this dynamic and expressive wine sing with an energy of coiled elegance. Constantly changing in the bottle and in the glass once opened, the Vigne d'Antan is notorious for a chameleon-like evolution that takes the collector on a wild (and often perplexing) ride over many years through the ageing process. Like a snowflake, very few bottles of Vigne d'Antan taste exactly alike (even from the same disgorgement) but the wine's intrinsic appeal and relative obscurity versus the top-drawer of Champagne place it in its own unique category where a slight eccentricity is expected. For the tariff, this remains one of the top bargains in Champagne. This bottling is a new, more expensive disgorgement than the last 2-3 versions of this wine - it is not yet available in the US. EXTREMELY LIMITED - DIRECTLY FROM THE WINERY CELLAR. ***************************** 2006 Dujac Clos St. Denis 1.5lt (BH93) (let's see, the 2005 in magnum is now $2000-2500 and this is $378? Compare at $500-600+) Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA Champ9765 Burg7561