{"id":12442,"date":"2015-08-11T06:57:16","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T06:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=12442"},"modified":"2015-08-11T06:57:16","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T06:57:16","slug":"champagne-rl-legras-blanc-de-blancs-grand-cru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/champagne\/champagne-rl-legras-blanc-de-blancs-grand-cru","title":{"rendered":"Champagne R&#038;L Legras Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12445\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RL-Legras-Blanc-de-Blancs-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"legras blanc de blancs\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RL-Legras-Blanc-de-Blancs-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RL-Legras-Blanc-de-Blancs-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RL-Legras-Blanc-de-Blancs-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RL-Legras-Blanc-de-Blancs.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m getting into grower Champagne at the moment. Some stunning wines, often at very good prices. This lovely: it&#8217;s from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.champagne-legras.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\">R&amp;L Legras<\/a> in Chouilly, the most northerly village in the Cotes des Blancs, and it&#8217;s the same price as a Grand Marque NV. Which is nuts. I&#8217;ve reviewed wines before from them <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com\/wineblog\/champagne\/a-delicious-rl-legras-champagne\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/stunning-champagne-r-legras.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com\/wineblog\/bordeaux\/a-lovely-wine-dinner-focusing-on-champagne-and-bordeaux\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com\/wineblog\/non-wine-related\/pug-puppies-and-two-good-champagnes\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> before.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Champagne R&amp;L Legras Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru NV<\/strong><br \/>\n12.5% alcohol. Fine, taut and citrussy with lovely bright lemony fruit and a subtle toastiness. Very pure with lovely precision and a beautiful elegance. Youthful but already complex. 93\/100 (\u00a333.95 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbr.com\/products-945548-champagne-randl-legras-blanc-de-blancs\" target=\"_blank\">Berry Bros &amp; Rudd<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Find this wine with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wine-searcher.com\/index.lml?referring_site=WAN\" target=\"_blank\">wine-searcher.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m getting into grower Champagne at the moment. Some stunning wines, often at very good prices. This lovely: it&#8217;s from R&amp;L Legras in Chouilly, the most northerly village in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[360,376],"class_list":["post-12442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-champagne","tag-champagne","tag-france"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12442"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12447,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12442\/revisions\/12447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}