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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.3 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 13 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Wamrod on 12/17/2023 & rated 93 points: Fantastic. First off, the wine has outlasted the cork, which did not bounce back to its mushroom. The wine is crystal clear, pale gold, and bursting with lively fine bubbles. A nice mouse on top for a few minutes. On the nose, honeysuckle and a little citrus. Rich on the palate, with toast - went very well with Delice cheese. As it warmed, a little bitterness in the finish, due to a touch of oxidation creeping in, but very pleasant. As it warmed, this also crept into the nose. Long finish. (170 views) | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 12/5/2022: SAC: 2002 Retrospective: A wine that split people. I understand the concern about it - it's more oxidative and intense in style. Not my favorite, but I imagine it can appeal to some folks and it is different which sometimes in champagne I appreciate. (897 views) | | | Tasted by The_Cat on 1/21/2021 & rated 94 points: Nice golden color. At the beginning very oxidative note but after 20 minutes in the big riedel sommelier burgundy glass it gets better and better. Luscious backed apple dried pineapple roasted almond and caramel. Very fine bubbles. Opulent and seducing long lingering finish. (969 views) | | | Tasted by KCC320 on 3/18/2017 & rated 92 points: Very lively bubbles and chalky elements,smoky came after , clean apple fruit with nice acidity backbone.
Recommended for such price! (around $500 HKD) (1601 views) | | | Tasted by Blake Brown on 9/5/2012 & rated 90 points: Refreshing, perfect temp, medium bodied more stone fruit than citrus, full, rich pleasant mouth feel; showing really well as other recent bottles have been less than OK; just what the chef needed while preparing a super lunch. (3491 views) | | | Tasted by Marc on 6/15/2012 & rated 89 points: Brilliant wines on a cold Wellington Night (Normandale, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand): Very tight wine with a slightly bitter edge and finish. Sauteed apple nose with spice, very crisp palate with huge intensity and focus. The flavors currently need time to integrate. Unusual style that currently does not float my boat but this could well become outstanding with time. This is not a wine that I would have in my cellar as I simply do not particularly like the flavours but I can see why many would call this outstanding. 89+? (4129 views) |
| The World of Fine Wine, September 2014, Issue #45
(Lenoble Cuvée Gentilhomme) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Allen Meadows
Burghound, April 2012, Issue #46
(A.R. Lenoble Brut - Cuvée Gentilhomme Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Brad Baker
Champagne Warrior, January and March 2012 (13 and 13.5), Issue #13, Champagne Tasting Notes
(Lenoble Cuvée Gentilhomme) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, New Releases from Champagne (Dec 2011)
(Lenoble Brut Blanc De Blancs Grand Cru Le Gentilhomme) Subscribe to see review text. | By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, November/December 2011, IWC Issue #159
(A.R. Lenoble Gentilhomme Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut) Subscribe to see review text. | By Peter Liem
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(A.R. Lenoble Gentilhomme Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| A. R. Lenoble Producer website
AR Lenoble is a relatively small family-owned Champagne house, one of the rare ones to still be entirely independent.
Based in Damary, AR Lenoble runs 18 hectares of vineyards (45 acres) using environmentally-friendly practices, and split between the Grand Cru village of Chouilly, the first village on the Côte des Blancs (10 hectares of chardonnay); the Premier Cru village of Bisseuil, located between Mareuil-sur-Ay and Tours-sur-Marne (6 ha of pinot noir) and home of rich and structured Pinot Noir; the village of Damery, located to the immediate east of Cumières (2 ha of Meunier).
As soon as they arrived at AR Lenoble nearly 25 years ago after taking over from their father Jean-Marie Malassagne in 1993, sister-and-brother co-owners Anne and Antoine Malassagne made the decision to start conserving their reserve wines in 225-litre barrels using the principle of the perpetual reserve, a process that continues to this day. A few years later, they invested in 5,000-litre casks to allow for an ageing process that was slower than in barrels. In these containers, reserve wines were able to obtain additional brightness and freshness.
More recently, in 2010, as part of their constant research for ways to improve the quality of their wines, they decided to add an additional element to the perpetual reserve by conserving some of their reserve wines in magnums under natural cork and staple. The magnum format has the ideal “liquid to oxygen” ratio, and as these reserve wines age under 1.5 bar of pressure and are therefore protected from oxygen, a subtle, exceptional aromatic palate develops over time – and yet the reserve wines remain fresh.Chardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeFrance Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comChampagne Le Champagne (Le comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne) | Grandes Marques & Maisons de Champagne (Union des Maisons de Champagne)
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Champagne - The French region of Champagne (including the cities of Rheims, Épernay, and Aÿ) was the first region in the world to make sparkling wine in any quantity. Today, the name of the region is synonymous with the finest of all sparkling wines, and wine-making traditions of Champagne have become role models for sparkling wine producers, worldwide. Surprisingly, the region of Champagne is now responsible for only one bottle in 12 of all sparkling wine produced. Styles of champagne range in sweetness ranging from an extra brut or brut 0, to the basic brut to demi sec to doux; some houses produce single vintage champagnes and others produce non-vintage (or incorporate wines/grapes of multiple vintages), often to preserve a specific taste; combinations of grape varietals; and colors, including a rosé. There are several sub-appellations, including the Valley of the Marnes river running from Épernay west, Massif de Saint-Thierry north and west of Rheims, Valley of the Ardre, the Mountains of Rheims (between Rheims and Épernay), Côte des Blancs, Côte de Sézanne, and Côte des Bar in the South. Champagne wine only uses three grape varietals (cépages): Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier.Champagne Grand CruChampagne |
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