Vintage Champagne
Vintage Champagne is, of course, the product of one single year. But more than that, Vintage Champagnes are special selections from the best vintages, and are aged for longer (legally at least 3 years, usually more) prior to degorgement. They tend to be more complex, deeper more vinous experiences than non-vintage and have some capacity for further ageing.
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2015 MILLÉSIME Blanc de Blancs Brut Grand Cru Champagne Franck Bonville
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay.
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)

2015 EXTRA BRUT Blanc de Blancs Brut Grand Cru Champagne Franck Bonville
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay.
100% Chardonnay from Avize, Oger and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. Stainless steel, 100% malo and six years sur lattes. Lemon pith and stone dust minerality from these characterful chalk vineyards of the southern end of the C&ocir...(read more)
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2018 MILLESIME SPECIAL CLUB 1er Cru Champagne Marc Hébrart
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir.
Pierre Peter's renowned single vineyard 'Les Chetillons' began life as a Special Club Champagne. It is the highest tier of classification a grower Champagne can achieve, officially referred to as the 'Club de Tresors' -...(read more)
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2019 MONTCHENOT Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut 1er Cru Champagne Nicolas Maillart
Champagne France 12.5% White
Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier.
This cuvée comes only from the village of Villers Allerand, precisely from the hamlet of the village of Montchenot (my mother's village). Montchenot has the particularity of being the junction village between the...(read more)
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2018 NOCES DE CRAIE Extra Brut Grand Cru Champagne Marc Hébrart
Champagne France 12.5% White
Pinot Noir.
100% Pinot Noir (50-year-old vines), massale selection. 5 parcels in Grand Cru Ay (Cheuzelles, Longchamps, Pruche, Chaffour, and Pierre-Robert). Fermentation in stainless steel tanks. 48 months on the fine lees. Disgorge...(read more)
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2016 PUR AVIZE Blanc de Blancs Brut Grand Cru Champagne Franck Bonville
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay.
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)

2016 PUR MESNIL Blanc de Blancs Brut Grand Cru Le Mesnil Champagne Franck Bonville
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay.
Franck Bonville’s 2016 Pur Mesnil Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs is showing brilliantly, with aromas of crushed stones, orchard fruits, almonds, baked bread and pastry, followed by a medium to full-bodied, broad and rich pala...(read more)
Yohan Castaing, www.robertparker.com
2016 PUR OGER Blanc de Blancs Brut Grand Cru Champagne Franck Bonville
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay.
With a brut dosage, the 2016 Pur Oger Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs offers up inviting aromas of butter, lemon oil, menthol, crisp orchard fruits and spring flowers, followed by a medium to full-bodied, fleshy and enveloping...(read more)
Yohan Castaing, www.robertparker.com
2017 CUVÉE MARIE LANCELOT Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Cramant Champagne Lancelot Pienne
Champagne France 12% White
Chardonnay.
This blend from five different parcels is a little young. At the same time, the Champagne is balanced, moving towards a fine depth and richness. It would be worth aging further to bring out the fine potential maturity. D...(read more)
Roger Voss, Wine Enthusiast www.winemag.com
2015 RIVE GAUCHE/RIVE DROITE Extra Brut Grand Cru Champagne Marc Hébrart
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir.
Cépage: 50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir Villages: Pinot Noir from Aÿ Grand Cru; Chardonnay from Oiry Grand Cru, Chouilly Grand Cru, Avize Grand Cru; Aÿ (Pruche, Cheuzelles, Longchamp, Cauffour, Le L&eacut...(read more)
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2017 LARMANDIER-BERNIER Terre de Vertus Blanc de Blancs Non Dosé 1er Cru
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay. Certified Organic, Bio-dynamic
The 2017 Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs Terre de Vertus 1er Cru is creamy, open-knit and quite seductive. Readers will find a generous, sensual Champagne with plenty of early appeal. Vinification and aging in oak softens th...(read more)
Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com
2016 LES BELLES VOYES Blanc de Blancs Brut Grand Cru Oger Champagne Franck Bonville
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay.
Crafted from the oldest Chardonnay planted in the lieu-dit Les Belles Voyes in the commune of Oger, the 2016 Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Les Belles Voyes reveals a pure, complex bouquet of white fruits, vanilla pod, spices...(read more)
Yohan Castaing, www.robertparker.comORDER
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