
2012
Region
France › Champagne › Vallée de la Marne › Crouttes-sur-Marne › Champagne AOC
Type
white · still
Grapes
Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir
Alcohol
12.5%
Volume
750 mL
Sugar
5.9 g/L
Disgorged
2020-01
On lees
72 months (6 years)
This bottle was tasted blind after a lengthy wine-tasting event. I was given two hints - it's available in Garage (Sabotage), and I haven't tasted it yet. Initially (???), my drunken mind suggested Clandestin. But after Vova asked me about the grape, I was like - shit, it's definitely Pinot Meunier. The wine is expressive, complex, aged (hehe, what an irony) and as delicious as promises of Heaven. It must be Bedel, and Jouvence is (probably) the only bottle I haven't tasted so far. Bingo!
What can I say? It's an incredible wine. Charming notes of mushrooms and wet cellar interleaved with honey, brioche, nuts, Jerez and honeysuckle. Intense, saline, perfectly balanced and prolonged. What else do you need? Authentic elixir of youth (c).
95% Pinot Meunier & 5% Pinot Noir.