An estate that we visited back in 2013. 70% Pinot Meunier, 15% each of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from vines averaging 40 years old. Disgorged Oct. 2020. 5g/l dosage. The base wine is from 2014 but this is a solera going back to 1998. This was a fuller bodied champagne with a leesy nose. Moderate+ bead. Light yellow color. Well rounded with apple, chalk and honey notes. Playful finish. I have one more bottle which I will hold for a few years. 92-93 points.
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Impromptu Dinner w/Friends (Pa Lian Burmese, Wheaton): Courtesy of Vino Me. A blend of 70% meunier and 15% each noir and chardonnay based on 2014, disgorged October 2020 at 5g/L. Deep straw yellow color with a medium mousse and a fine, lingering bead. Aromas of poached pear, honey-roasted nuts and even a little caramel underneath. More creamy than bright, with flavors of apple, vanilla creme, brioche and almond. Hints of dried peach in the finish. Already nice complexity here despite its relative youth. Absolutely delightful.
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Spiced caramelised apples, sweet grapefruit, sour lemon sherbet, toasted brioche. Fresh but with some generosity. Ripe fruit counterbalances the minimal dosage (5g/l) in this Meunier-dominated blend (80:10:10) based on the 2015 vintage. 72 months sur lie, disgorged in 2022.
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Clos Joliette Study Part I (Chicago, IL): Disgorged January 2022, 5 g/L dosage. 70% Harvest 2015. I don't know how much of my enjoyment of this was due to having such a refreshing wine after a lineup of petit manseng, but I do like the lean, mineral cut here without the wine feeling empty or hollow. And despite the high meunier content, this doesn't come off as funky or mushroomy either.
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Toasted brioche, orange peel, ripe yellow apples, ripe pears, limestone, walnuts and marzipan/almond cake on the nose. Great medium + intensity of aromas. Driven by yeast and the limestone. The palate adds lemon peel and wet stone, and some fresh chopped bitter greens. Overall yeasty, bitter and mineral driven in a great way. Medium + intensity of flavors too.
Dry with an expansive medium + body, medium + acid, really nice long finish that's also bitter. Everything from the flavor to the structure is really nice on this.
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2015 vintage, 2021 disgorgement. 70% Meunière, 20% Chard, 10% Pinot Noir. A very pretty and nicely refined nose, tart chalky, even minerally palate with a hint of bitter herb I associate with Meunière. Very good, but I enjoyed the Table Rond a bit more. Still, I’d be delighted to drink this again and often. Rebuy.
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80% Meunier, 10% Chard, 10% PN Base 2016 (73%), Réserve perpétuelle (27%) 60 months on lees, 6 g/l, Full malo, bottled in 08-2017, disgorged on 05-2022 First try at Lancelot-Pienne champagnes. Spoiler alert: not my cup of tea. Deep gold color, nose of fresh red apples, toasted walnuts, honey, toasted bread and a bit of levain. The richness of the nose does not betray the palate: rich. Very little fruit on the palate. The flavours are mostly if not all tertiary, probably from the extended aging on lees. A single glass of this would have been enough for me. Just too rich and there is a bitterness on the finish that does not improve things for me. I reckon this is well made (except for the bitterness) and you can definitely tell this bottle has its own signature (you could pick it out in a blind). But, not a hit with me.
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Intensity on 11 here - full of Macintosh apple, tangerine pith, crystalline minerality, hazelnut and baked bread in the proper amounts. Unbeatable at price point vs generic house blends imo.
Unusual 70% Pinot Meunier
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Bachelor's night for YS: From magnum. 2017 base, 5g/l dosage. Dark golden in colour, majority Meunier which explained the weight and ripeness of fruit, missing a little cut for me but went well with some fried Cantonese food.
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Another excellent L-P 'cheap' NV Champagne. 70% de Pinot Meunier, 20% de Chardonnay et 10% de Pinot Noir. Really creamy, good weight of fruit, a nice bite to it despite the dosage being discernible, nicely yeasty and mature... just delicious, and good value.
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3/12/2024 - Vino Me wrote: 92 Points
An estate that we visited back in 2013. 70% Pinot Meunier, 15% each of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from vines averaging 40 years old. Disgorged Oct. 2020. 5g/l dosage. The base wine is from 2014 but this is a solera going back to 1998. This was a fuller bodied champagne with a leesy nose. Moderate+ bead. Light yellow color. Well rounded with apple, chalk and honey notes. Playful finish. I have one more bottle which I will hold for a few years. 92-93 points.
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3/8/2024 - AllRed wrote: 93 Points
Impromptu Dinner w/Friends (Pa Lian Burmese, Wheaton): Courtesy of Vino Me. A blend of 70% meunier and 15% each noir and chardonnay based on 2014, disgorged October 2020 at 5g/L. Deep straw yellow color with a medium mousse and a fine, lingering bead. Aromas of poached pear, honey-roasted nuts and even a little caramel underneath. More creamy than bright, with flavors of apple, vanilla creme, brioche and almond. Hints of dried peach in the finish. Already nice complexity here despite its relative youth. Absolutely delightful.
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12/9/2023 - Joshvoulters Likes this wine: 91 Points
Spiced caramelised apples, sweet grapefruit, sour lemon sherbet, toasted brioche. Fresh but with some generosity. Ripe fruit counterbalances the minimal dosage (5g/l) in this Meunier-dominated blend (80:10:10) based on the 2015 vintage. 72 months sur lie, disgorged in 2022.
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11/1/2023 - acyso wrote: 90 Points
Clos Joliette Study Part I (Chicago, IL): Disgorged January 2022, 5 g/L dosage. 70% Harvest 2015. I don't know how much of my enjoyment of this was due to having such a refreshing wine after a lineup of petit manseng, but I do like the lean, mineral cut here without the wine feeling empty or hollow. And despite the high meunier content, this doesn't come off as funky or mushroomy either.
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9/26/2023 - AlphaMikeFoxtrot Likes this wine: 92 Points
Toasted brioche, orange peel, ripe yellow apples, ripe pears, limestone, walnuts and marzipan/almond cake on the nose. Great medium + intensity of aromas. Driven by yeast and the limestone. The palate adds lemon peel and wet stone, and some fresh chopped bitter greens. Overall yeasty, bitter and mineral driven in a great way. Medium + intensity of flavors too.
Dry with an expansive medium + body, medium + acid, really nice long finish that's also bitter. Everything from the flavor to the structure is really nice on this.
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8/24/2023 - NickA Likes this wine: 91 Points
Clean, lifted, fairly middle of the road and drinkable style, with a good weight of fruit and well-judged dosage. Bottle emptied quickly, great QPR.
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7/14/2023 - Richard P Howden Likes this wine: 91 Points
2015 vintage, 2021 disgorgement. 70% Meunière, 20% Chard, 10% Pinot Noir. A very pretty and nicely refined nose, tart chalky, even minerally palate with a hint of bitter herb I associate with Meunière. Very good, but I enjoyed the Table Rond a bit more. Still, I’d be delighted to drink this again and often. Rebuy.
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6/29/2023 - philmtl Does not like this wine:
80% Meunier, 10% Chard, 10% PN
Base 2016 (73%), Réserve perpétuelle (27%)
60 months on lees, 6 g/l, Full malo, bottled in 08-2017, disgorged on 05-2022
First try at Lancelot-Pienne champagnes. Spoiler alert: not my cup of tea. Deep gold color, nose of fresh red apples, toasted walnuts, honey, toasted bread and a bit of levain. The richness of the nose does not betray the palate: rich. Very little fruit on the palate. The flavours are mostly if not all tertiary, probably from the extended aging on lees. A single glass of this would have been enough for me. Just too rich and there is a bitterness on the finish that does not improve things for me. I reckon this is well made (except for the bitterness) and you can definitely tell this bottle has its own signature (you could pick it out in a blind). But, not a hit with me.
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4/13/2023 - RVC_Wine wrote: 92 Points
Intensity on 11 here - full of Macintosh apple, tangerine pith, crystalline minerality, hazelnut and baked bread in the proper amounts. Unbeatable at price point vs generic house blends imo.
Unusual 70% Pinot Meunier
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3/15/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote: 91 Points
From magnum. Better than the last bottle that I had, ripe citrus fruits without being too exotic or pedestrian which I felt the last bottle was.
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12/25/2022 - ANWW89 Likes this wine: 91 Points
good value
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12/4/2022 - melvinyeowq wrote: 90 Points
Bachelor's night for YS: From magnum. 2017 base, 5g/l dosage. Dark golden in colour, majority Meunier which explained the weight and ripeness of fruit, missing a little cut for me but went well with some fried Cantonese food.
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7/28/2022 - NickA Likes this wine: 92 Points
Another excellent L-P 'cheap' NV Champagne. 70% de Pinot Meunier, 20% de Chardonnay et 10% de Pinot Noir. Really creamy, good weight of fruit, a nice bite to it despite the dosage being discernible, nicely yeasty and mature... just delicious, and good value.
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12/28/2018 - bartgerrits Likes this wine: 91 Points
Heerlijk fruitig !
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