Community Tasting Notes 11

• wineton.mee Likes this wine: 96 points

  August 24, 2023 - Love Brochet, love Meunier, and even then, this was surprisingly brilliant. Old vines from Le Mont Benoit. The nose was mega generous and just killing it here - bruised red apple, spiced pear, roasted nuts and brown caramel. Reminded me of Ulysse Les Maillons and Selosse Ambonnay Le Bout du Clos.

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• Finare Vinare Likes this wine: 93 points

  December 31, 2022 - Disgorged in October 2018 (Disclaimer: ITB with Swedish importer Vin & Natur).

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• Lehto Likes this wine: 95 points

  July 9, 2022 - 100% Pinot Meunier from a single plot, aged for 11 months in mainly old oak barrels, and left to age for 5 years on the lees. Minimal dosage making it Extra Brut, with a total production of 1272 bottles. Brochet has become quite hyped and hard to get.
  
  The nose is what Meunier is all about. Mature/bruised apple, sweet red apple, candied/pickled lemon, nuttiness, heavy autolytic character and oxidized feeling to it but there's a light chalk tone with this breeze of ocean air as well as some melted butter.
  
  And then you get fooled. Because this is 2012, baby. Where did the deep and rich Meunier go? Red and green apple, candied lemon, lemon zest and an insane fruity citrus acidity cutting through all bullshit. But in the back there's still all that toasted brioche, almonds/marzipan, melted butter and a slight grapefruit bitterness. Light and bright minerality sneaking through the oxidation and autolysis, and this balance, depth and complexity is simply other-worldly. This is straight magic.

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• Neuneuil Likes this wine: 91 points

  April 10, 2021 - Very good quality Meunier, but the grape isn’t the most complex, I find. Very good purity of fruit, and very dry finish. Still have a 2013 in the cellar but won’t necessarily seek more

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• Nicephoras wrote:

  August 20, 2020 - Niche Niche 8/20: In fairness, I had this after the Laval Cumieres, so a bit hard to figure out what to make of it (other than that it's much better). This is a nice pleasant champagne with good acidity, but honestly I'd be doing it a disservice by giving it a proper review. I'm not usually a huge Meuniere fan (Prevost excepted), but this seemed pretty good and I'd love to have another bottle to evaluate it fairly.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2012
• Type White - Sparkling
• Producer Emmanuel Brochet
• Varietal Pinot Meunier
• Designation Les Hauts Meuniers
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Champagne
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Champagne

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• Pending Delivery 6 (8%)
• In Cellars 56 (74%)
• Consumed 14 (18%)

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