October 13, 2023 - Beautifully open, ripe and pure. This is showing a beautiful golden color, smaller and fewer bubbles. Notes of honey, browned apple, some blood orange, sweet spices, quite some autolytic notes like brioche and browned butter, some vanilla. It‘s medium-full bodied, with medium-high acidity and some lighter bubbles. Full-bodied an structured, but with exellent freshness and just overall very nice aromatics and structure. I love it and this must be one of the best wines I have ever had from Marie-Noelle Ledru.
September 2, 2023 - Light gold color. Complex node with notes of grilled almonds, chalk, grapefruit, and yeast. Fresh and crisp on the plate with the grapefruit character dominating, backed by a strong mineral finish. Needs a bit of air to come around.
December 17, 2022 - fennel, almond, powerful with long zip. lovely. reminded me a bit of a Ganevat with bubbles.
April 2, 2021 - Last bottle of 4. The previous 3 were very enjoyable, this bottle was showing first signs of oxidation. Already in an oxidative style, the oxidation on top did not suit it well.
October 25, 2020 - stellar
August 22, 2020 - Wow this was very good and better than the previous bottle. Less oxidative. Reminded a bit of the jacquesson style but darker and richer Ambonnay. Might still improve but a fine wine today.
February 12, 2020 - Bottles drunk with lunch or dinner while in Burgundy; 2/10/2020-2/14/2020 (Burgundy): This is well done in the leaner and now trendy grower style. I want to like it more but just feel it's too lean and emaciated. Fresh and sufficient as an aperitif. 88-89
February 12, 2020 - Burgundy, Day 2 (Beaune, France): At La Maison du Colombier. It's been a while since I had this wine, and truthfully I think my palate has changed a bit in that time as well. This is still a relatively rich and broad example of Ledru thanks to the concentration and extract here. There's a good amount of white fruit and a decent sappiness, but the lack of dosage gives this an acidic edge that I find a little tough to enjoy.
January 7, 2020 - Casual Dinner with Friends (Ada St.): Showing some age and oxidative and earthy notes. Complex and nuanced in the leaner style. But just feels somewhat emaciated leaving me wanting more fruit and richness.
September 10, 2019 - Enjoyable nose of brioche and graham cracker. Fruit is not overpowering. Bit shallow in the mid-palate, but decent finish. Upon first opening the finish had rather tart but not off-putting finish which over time mellowed out some.