
2016
Region
France › Champagne › Champagne AOC › Côte des Bar
Type
white · traditional · sparkling · brut-nature
Grapes
Pinot Blanc
Alcohol
12%
Volume
750 mL
Dosage
0 g/L
Disgorged
2024-06
On lees
~83 months (~7 years)
Wow, very interesting wine - and a rare one. 100% Pinot Blanc, one of Champagne's forgotten varieties, given 83 months on lees and zero dosage. The nose is less compelling than the palate - white fruit, iodine, linden honey. On the palate, all of that doubles. It's like drinking linden honey, chasing it with a baked apple, and finishing with a green walnut - that iodine signature weaving through sweetness rather than standing on its own. The Kimmeridgian imprint is deep here: Pinot Blanc's relative neutrality lets the fossilized seabed speak directly. Great structure and backbone - precise, clear, to the point.