PUR AVIZE
2016 Blanc de Blancs Brut Grand Cru Champagne Franck Bonville
Grapes | Chardonnay |
Colour | White |
Origin | France, Champagne |
Village | Avize |
Classification | Grand Cru |
ABV | 12.5% |
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-burgundy-like. Wonderful contours of bitterness snaking through the cream and buttered richness of the wine. Tastes of sour cherries and greengages, of apple yogurt and elderflower blossom. Lacy grace notes pirouetting over hidden power. It’s sure and undulating and quietly commanding Drinking range: 2024 - 2032 Rating: 17.5 Tamlyn Currin - www.JancisRobinson.com (May 2024)
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With a brut dosage (less than 12 grams per liter), the 2016 Pur Avize Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs displays a smoky, refined bouquet with aromas of almonds, lemon oil, vanilla, pear and stone fruits mingled with hints of spring flowers. Comparable in style to the Unisson Grand Cru, it’s medium to full-bodied, broad and fleshy, with a delicate, pinpoint mousse and a long, penetrating finish. As its name indicates, it’s sourced from vines planted in the village of Avize. Drinking range: 2023 - 2038 Rating: 93 Yohan Castaing, www.robertparker.com (Nov 2023)
Dosage : 5,8 g/L
Terroir : Avize Grand Cru
Chardonnay : 100%
Pur Avize 2016 is presented to you after over 5 years of ageing sous liège in our cellars. This cuvée is a blend of 3 parcels from the heart of the Avize terroir that surrounds the village; it's a “Bonville” interpretation of this renowned village that we offer.
The champagne displays a very fine bubble that hints at its energy. The nose is generous and pastry-like. Flinty notes and a certain freshness refine the aromatic profile. The palate echoes this elegant evolution, being creamy, smooth, and lush, evolving towards more mature flavors of quince and almond. The finish is distinctly saline, providing a very Avize-like length to this 2016 Pur.
Vintage : 2016
Vines : Les Avats, Les Maladries & Les Chapelles
« A true reflection of our terroir, with this cuvée, we aim to fully reveal Avize and its intricacies that we have been mastering for decades. »
Vinification : Alcoholic and malolactic fermentations in stainless steel tanksWinemaker's notes (Sept 2023)
Champagne Franck Bonville
Domaine Franck Bonville has around 15 hectares of vines in 77 parcels of vines spread across three Grand Cru Côte des Blancs villages, Avize (9ha), Oger (4.5ha) and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger (.5ha). Already certified Haute Valeur Environmentale, the vineyards are gradually being converted to fully organic viticulture.
The origins of the domaine go back to Alfred Bonville, who from around 1900 bought up parcels of land in the years following phylloxera, always within reach by horse of his home in Oger. Despite the wars he continued to invest after the birth of his son Franck, and in 1937 they bought a house in Avize complete with press and barrel cellar. From the end of the war, Franck began to sell Champagnes under his own name.
Franck's son Gilles and his wife Ingrid continued the work, replacing the old casks with stainless steel for a more precise vinification. Their son Olivier trained as an oenologist and joined the domaine in 1996 after working in Germany and Corsica. Olivier has focused his attention on sustainable viticulture and purity of expression, so that the wines offer 'the aromatic complexity and elegance of Chardonnay', as well as 'the authenticity of the Cote des Blancs terroir and the minerality of the chalky sub-soil'. All the wines go through malolactic fermentation, and apart from the barrel-aged Belles Voyes cuvée, all are made in stainless steel.
Now joined by his son-in-law, Ferdinand Ruelle-Dudel, Olivier is free to concentrate on the vineyards and wine-making, and this estate, which has been on an upward quality trajectory for some years, is rapidly becoming one of the reference points of the Côte des Blancs.
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