January 21, 2024 - The grower champagne stole the show (as I expected). A clear sense of place is showing here, and Meunier is the star giving off both fruit and spice in spades. There’s some lovely autolytic notes of sweet pastry here showing what the most lees aging can give among the three bottles. Not the last statement in complexity, by any stretch, but a wonderfully balanced, high quality expression of Meunier. The group universally loved this wine, and I did too. 91pts.
November 25, 2023 - x
November 2, 2023 - White fruits with tension, saline finish... Very good!
September 21, 2023 - Pretty amazing overall, another example of great Meunier, on the brighter side
Cannot fully see color (restaurant light) but believe it’s light gold with touch of bronze
On the nose, yellow and white nectarine and plum, honey
Palate matches the nose, plus a saline finish
Rich, fresh, round, good acidity
Light chalky, some linen texture
Production:11 423 bouteites
Base: Vendanges 2019
Mise en cave. JUN 2020
Dégorgement: FEV 2022
Sucres résiduels: 6gr - cool that they disclose residue sugar
Non wine friend described this as “sweet” so believe the fruitiness stood out lol
August 26, 2023 - Base 2019. Dsg 11/2022. Pure Meunier.
There is clearly more depth than the Terriscope, especially on the nose with white fruits. Mouth with a nice tension, it's sweet and fruity at the same time. Sweet finish with a nice salty length. It is a synthesis, accessible and racy at the same time.
June 28, 2023 - 2017/2018 vintage disgorged August 2021, zero dosage.
Killer herbal, heirloom apple meunier nose. Lovely developed palate with some apple pie fruit and soft cinnamon spice but also a sense of development. This is crazy easy/drinkable for zero dosage. For my taste this is about as good as Egly Vignes de Vrigny, at the price that wine sold for 10 years ago. It's dangerously drinkable.
Leftovers hold up alirght on day 2, but by day 3 it's just soft applesauce.
April 18, 2023 - Dinner at La Boheme with the Crew (Palo Alto): A real charmer and great value. Crisp lemony white fruit nose and good tart mouth filling. Dry but not sharp for zero dosage. Medium plus length finish. A rebuy for sure. Vendange 2017/2018, bottled 2019, disgorged 8/2021.
April 18, 2023 - Dinner with the wine group (La Bohème, Palo Alto): 100% Pinot Meunier. Aromatic, some red fruits, peaches and cream, slightly nutty; medium bodied, light mousse, lemon-lime, a bit tart; lacking a bit of length on the finish. Nice for the price point but not amazing. 90
February 25, 2023 - 100% Pinot Meunier sourced from two parcels: the south-facing Le Patis de Cerseuil and the north-facing Le Vignes Dans le Bois, located in the Marne valley. This wine is based on the 2014 vintage, blended with a small addition of the 2013 vintage that was aged for a year in oak barrels. Full MLF. Bottled in June 2015 without fining and filtration, disgorged in February 2017, after 20 months in aging sur lattes. 12% alcohol, dosage 2 g/l.
Quite deep golden yellow color. The nose feels dark-toned and pretty toasty with aromas of bruised apple, some meaty notes of prosciutto, a little bit of ripe yellow fruits, light red-toned cherry nuances, a hint of honey-and-oats and a touch of bready autolysis. The wine feels ripe, somewhat evolved and moderately toasty on the palate with flavors of bruised apple, some red-toned nuances of cherries or raspberries, a little bit of honey-and-oats, light saline mineral nuances, a leesy hint of autolysis and a sweeter touch of ripe white peach. The wine is medium-to-moderately high in acidity with a crisp yet gentle, medium-long mousse. The finish is juicy, clean and quite gentle with a moderately long aftertaste of ripe citrus fruits, some bruised apple tones, a little bit of saline minerality, light toasty nuances of nuttiness and bready autolysis, a hint of honey-and-oats and a touch of sweet red-toned fruit.
A juicy, balanced and moderately evolved Meunier Champagne that has developed some lovely tertiary characteristics, yet retaining quite a bit of youthful fruit as well. I guess a bit more acidity couldn't have hurt, but fortunately the wine shows good sense of balance and structure as it is. It is drinking really well now, being smack in the middle of its drinking window, but I guess there's a bit of room for additional complexity for those patient people who prefer their Champagnes developed, rich and toasty. A terrific purchase at 33,50€.
January 13, 2023 - Buonissimo