100% Meunier, premier Cru Lagen aus Vrigny, keine Dosage, keine Malo, ca. 2 Jahre auf der Hefe, Dégorgement 02/23. Klarerweise sehr energische Perlage, nachhaltig und sehr fein. Mittleres Goldgelb, leicht orangefarbene Reflexe. Fruchtdominierte Nase, Birne, Weingartenpfirsich, Kamillenblüte - kaum Hefearomen. Am Gaumen toller Zug, sehr frisch und von einer toll integrierten Säure getragen. Fruchtaromen ähneln der Nase, ich habe wieder Birne und weissen Pfirsich. Ein sehr fruchtiger, frischer Champagner, toll zu Meeresfrüchten/Krustentieren.
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Disgorged 09/11/2020. Pours a surprisingly dark orange color. I really like the minerality of this champagne, but it's lacking some fruit to balance that minerality. It ends up coming off as austere. Wish there were a couple grams of dosage for my palate.
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Initially, apple juice and a bit one dimensional. But, after being open for 45+ minutes this really began to show. Moderate aromas of spiced orchard fruit. Moderate flavors of orchard fruit and fresh lemon. Lots of energy. Upside. 92-94+. 0g/l dosage, disgorged 09/11/2020.
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Bubbleclub--March 2022 (all wines served blind): Third bottle in past 4 months, and I tell you, this stuff is the real deal good. Disgorged September 2020, 100% PM, no dosage. Lightly bronze in color. Honeysuckle aroma, along with citrus blossom and slate. The palate is infused with plenty of flavor. Stone fruits of nectarine and peach, along with apple. The structure is what also fires me up, with an impression of wet stone and lemon peel acidity. Excellent complexity, with a concentrated profile and stony finish. This wine is on my radar for more.
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Disgorged November 2020. 100% PM from Chenay and Vrigny (think the north and west sections of the region, just west of Reims, just north of the Montagne). Farmed organic and this cuvee has no dosage, which is I believe the style and intent for the other wines, too. This is another good zero dosage bottling, and like so many I like in Champagne made this way, my belief is that if one is going to omit dosage, then the wine should still be expressive and balanced. This is indeed true here. Golden apple, and what at times reminded me of a slice of apple pie, with a note of the crust and apple essence all working well together. Then, the acidity which is a bright lemon, and again driven by the farming I presume here, the acidity takes on a lemon curd-like note. This is a very good wine, with lots of flavor and presence. The 4 of us polished off the entire bottle over dinner. This is a new producer for me, worth seeking out more.
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100% Meunier, disgorged with no dose Nov. 9, 2020. 1,621 bottles produced. Loads of bruised apple, a b it of brioche, a wonderfully long finish mixing richness and acid seamlessly. This is a very delicious champagne, another great example of Meunier and a reminder to buy more Lamblot champagne.
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DG 06/2020 Maybe it was too young, maybe the base vintage was 2017 (notoriously difficult, with a lot of rotten grapes lost in the harvest, as well as overripe fruit), maybe it's just not to our taste, or maybe all of the above; the only thing we have clear is that, unfortunately, we didn't enjoy this wine at all. Habitually, we're very enthusiastic about wines from this cru, especially meunier (the variety 'par excellence' in Vrigny), but this particular wine wasn't for us. We found it far too woody, almost certainly vinified in new barrels; an overriding sensation of excessively ripe grapes with overly bruised, almost cider-like apples, as well as overripe pears; it was woody, but not in a good way, the sensation this gave was that of licking a plank of freshly stripped wood, which also made it feel overly astringent. The acidity was very high, aggressively so; perhaps in some people's opinion it would have benefitted from decanting, but we don't personally decant champagne, and we also didn't have the time, since this was drunk during a dinner with friends. We don't believe that this was a defective/corked bottle, rather that it just didn't perform that evening; the price-pleasure balance is very imbalanced in our opinion, since at 69 euros, there are many, many references that are infinitely more pleasurable. NR
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1/1/2024 - EMAZurich Likes this wine: 92 Points
100% Meunier, premier Cru Lagen aus Vrigny, keine Dosage, keine Malo, ca. 2 Jahre auf der Hefe, Dégorgement 02/23.
Klarerweise sehr energische Perlage, nachhaltig und sehr fein. Mittleres Goldgelb, leicht orangefarbene Reflexe.
Fruchtdominierte Nase, Birne, Weingartenpfirsich, Kamillenblüte - kaum Hefearomen.
Am Gaumen toller Zug, sehr frisch und von einer toll integrierten Säure getragen. Fruchtaromen ähneln der Nase, ich habe wieder Birne und weissen Pfirsich. Ein sehr fruchtiger, frischer Champagner, toll zu Meeresfrüchten/Krustentieren.
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12/8/2023 - jvphoto Likes this wine: 92 Points
even better than previous note
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6/27/2023 - Vas19 wrote: 91 Points
Disgorged 09/11/2020. Pours a surprisingly dark orange color. I really like the minerality of this champagne, but it's lacking some fruit to balance that minerality. It ends up coming off as austere. Wish there were a couple grams of dosage for my palate.
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5/10/2022 - Bathtub58 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Initially, apple juice and a bit one dimensional. But, after being open for 45+ minutes this really began to show. Moderate aromas of spiced orchard fruit. Moderate flavors of orchard fruit and fresh lemon. Lots of energy. Upside. 92-94+. 0g/l dosage, disgorged 09/11/2020.
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3/17/2022 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Bubbleclub--March 2022 (all wines served blind): Third bottle in past 4 months, and I tell you, this stuff is the real deal good. Disgorged September 2020, 100% PM, no dosage. Lightly bronze in color. Honeysuckle aroma, along with citrus blossom and slate. The palate is infused with plenty of flavor. Stone fruits of nectarine and peach, along with apple. The structure is what also fires me up, with an impression of wet stone and lemon peel acidity. Excellent complexity, with a concentrated profile and stony finish. This wine is on my radar for more.
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1/23/2022 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Disgorged November 2020. 100% PM from Chenay and Vrigny (think the north and west sections of the region, just west of Reims, just north of the Montagne). Farmed organic and this cuvee has no dosage, which is I believe the style and intent for the other wines, too. This is another good zero dosage bottling, and like so many I like in Champagne made this way, my belief is that if one is going to omit dosage, then the wine should still be expressive and balanced. This is indeed true here. Golden apple, and what at times reminded me of a slice of apple pie, with a note of the crust and apple essence all working well together. Then, the acidity which is a bright lemon, and again driven by the farming I presume here, the acidity takes on a lemon curd-like note. This is a very good wine, with lots of flavor and presence. The 4 of us polished off the entire bottle over dinner. This is a new producer for me, worth seeking out more.
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1/21/2022 - adnorthup wrote:
100% Meunier, disgorged with no dose Nov. 9, 2020. 1,621 bottles produced. Loads of bruised apple, a b it of brioche, a wonderfully long finish mixing richness and acid seamlessly. This is a very delicious champagne, another great example of Meunier and a reminder to buy more Lamblot champagne.
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7/29/2021 - jvphoto Likes this wine: 91 Points
ripe pears, baked apples, lemon oil, raspberry ginger ale, thick bubbles
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2/5/2021 - julen789 Does not like this wine:
DG 06/2020
Maybe it was too young, maybe the base vintage was 2017 (notoriously difficult, with a lot of rotten grapes lost in the harvest, as well as overripe fruit), maybe it's just not to our taste, or maybe all of the above; the only thing we have clear is that, unfortunately, we didn't enjoy this wine at all.
Habitually, we're very enthusiastic about wines from this cru, especially meunier (the variety 'par excellence' in Vrigny), but this particular wine wasn't for us. We found it far too woody, almost certainly vinified in new barrels; an overriding sensation of excessively ripe grapes with overly bruised, almost cider-like apples, as well as overripe pears; it was woody, but not in a good way, the sensation this gave was that of licking a plank of freshly stripped wood, which also made it feel overly astringent. The acidity was very high, aggressively so; perhaps in some people's opinion it would have benefitted from decanting, but we don't personally decant champagne, and we also didn't have the time, since this was drunk during a dinner with friends.
We don't believe that this was a defective/corked bottle, rather that it just didn't perform that evening; the price-pleasure balance is very imbalanced in our opinion, since at 69 euros, there are many, many references that are infinitely more pleasurable.
NR
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