2000 Gaston Chiquet Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs d'Aÿ

Champagne Warrior

• By Brad Baker
  June 2014, Issue #18, Champagne Tasting Notes

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• By Antonio Galloni
  Champagne – A Wine For All Seasons (Nov 2013), (See more on Vinous...)

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Champagne Warrior

• By Brad Baker
  March 2011, Issue #10, Champagne Tasting Notes

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• By Antonio Galloni
  New Releases from Champagne (Dec 2010), (See more on Vinous...)

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• By Josh Raynolds
  November/December 2010, IWC Issue #153, (See more on Vinous...)

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• By Antonio Galloni
  Champagne: The Last Frontier (Dec 2009), (See more on Vinous...)

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Terry Theise Estate Selections

• By Terry Theise
  2011 Champagne Catalog, 6/1/2011, (See more on Terry Theise Estate Selections...)

  (Gaston Chiquet Blanc de Blancs d'Aÿ Brut) ($579.00) This is one of only two all-Chardonnay Champagnes made from Aÿ vineyards. The vines were planted in 1935 by Nicolas’ grandfather, who may have been the first to plant Chardonnay in this bastion of Pinot Noir. The first time I tasted it I got a lesson in terroir I haven’t forgotten. There was an aroma I’d come to associate with other Aÿ influenced Champagnes, Gosset, Bollinger, a couple of small growers I know, an Aÿ aroma that actually overcame the Chardonnay aroma. Fruit runs to quince rather than Chardonnay-apple.