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Saturday, 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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