2024 L&S Champagne & Sparkling Tasting | Wine List

A big, full-blown, powerful blanc de noirs (100% Pinot Noir from the Grand Cru vineyards of Bouzy), which nevertheless retains a balance and freshness along with its considerable vinosity. Rated even higher than Bollinge...(read more)

All from Grand Cru vineyards of Bouzy, two-thirds Pinot and one third Chardonnay, racy, fresh and dancing style with balance and brightness to support the nice weight and full flavour. Like all the Barnaut cuvées,...(read more)

Saignée from Bouzy grand cru.
Bumptious and brazen with a saucy little sneer of Campari-like bitters. I like the little tug of bitter orange, wormwood, rose hip and hot white pepper with a slick of strawber...(read more)

100% Pinot Noir from a single parcel in Le Breuil called La Brousse where they have diseased vines producing some very beautiful bunches of grapes with tiny berries and great concentration. South-south-west-facing plot o...(read more)

One-third each Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier from Festigny and Le Breuil. Vines around 38 years old. Organic and biodynamic farming (not certified). Hand-picked, stainless-steel fermentation, wine aged one yea...(read more)

All 2016 but not declared as a 'vintage' Champagne. 100% Meunier from Festigny and le Breuil, villages in the south-west of the Marne valley, aged in oak foudres, bottled in 2018 and released in 2023 with zero dosage. 'C...(read more)

A really fascinating Champagne that you need to try - not from the most fashionable Grand cru sites, maybe, but made with extraordinary care and precision and it shows - the focus and sheer energy and zing are distinctiv...(read more)

70% 2017, with 30% reserve wines (20% 2015). This fine dry Blanc de Blancs keeps all the airiness of the classic Cote des Blanc villages (it's made from Oger and Avize), while having a rounded mid-palate thanks to the ge...(read more)

Chardonnay from Avize; disgorged July 2022; 6.7g/L dosage – all on back label; aged 75 months on lees; cork.

The generosity and power of the ripe 2015 season are translated in a rich blanc de blancs filled...(read more)

From three plots in Avize. Pressed 23 September 2016. Tirage July 2017. Disgorged May 2023 after five years. Dosage 5.8 g/l. 2,000 bottles made.
Smells like New York cheesecake. Dense and very vinous – white-burgu...(read more)

Fruit from Avize. 100% Chardonnay. Blend of 2017 and 2018. The 2017 was cool and rainy, 2018 was sunny but produced a huge crop so the wines could be a bit dilute, so they balance each other out in the blend. Stainless-s...(read more)

100% Chardonnay from the lieu-dit of Champ d'Alouette in grand cru Mesnil-sur-Oger. Tirage May 2008, disgorged May 2022. Dosage 2 g/l. 14 years sur lattes!
Very exciting, from the first catch of breath, which smel...(read more)