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I had these lovely grower Champagnes in a wine bar in Reims (the excellent Au Bon Manger<\/a>, 7 Rue Courmeaux). Anyone who thinks of Champagne merely in terms of the Grand Marques needs to think again. Anyone who doesn\u2019t think Champagne is a terroir wine needs to think again. I need to go back, soon.<\/p>\n Champagne Emmanuel Brochet Le Mont Benoit NV France<\/strong> Champagne Charlot-Tanneux Blanc de Blancs Cuv\u00e9e Elia NV France Champagne David L\u00e9clapart l\u2019Amateur 1er Cru Blanc de Blancs Pas Dos\u00e9 NV France<\/strong> Champagne Augustin Cuv\u00e9e CCC1 Element Feu Cuv\u00e9e 301 1er Cru NV France<\/strong> Champagne Chevreux-Bournazel La Parcelle NV France<\/strong> Find this wine with wine-searcher.com<\/a><\/p>\n GROWER CHAMPAGNE:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I had these lovely grower Champagnes in a wine bar in Reims (the excellent Au Bon Manger, 7 Rue Courmeaux). Anyone who thinks of Champagne merely in terms of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,55],"tags":[360],"class_list":["post-15532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-champagne","category-france","tag-champagne"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15532","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=15532"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24264,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15532\/revisions\/24264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n40% Pinot Meunier, 40% Chardonnay, 20% Pinot Noir. Salty, tangy and intense with lovely citrus and herb notes. Finesse here with a lovely lemony finish. 93\/100<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>From Mardeuil, this is 12.7% alcohol and has 7 g\/l dosage. It\u2019s based on the 2006 harvest ad is from a premier cru vineyard, selection massale vines, fermented with wild yeast in small oak, no malolactic. 1900 bottles made, disgorged January 2015. Very pure and fine with some sweetness to the citrus fruit, with depth. Quite linear, though. Fine acidity and a lovely mellow crystalline core. Slightly honeyed, but quite mineral too. 93\/100
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\nVery fine, fresh, textured and mineral with fine pear and citrus fruit. So pure and linear with notes of anise and a nice savoury edge. Focused and poised. 94\/100<\/p>\n
\nDisgorged 17\/05\/15. 8.6 g\/l dosage, 12% alcohol. Bold, rich and toasty. Very smooth and intense with lovely richness. Great depth here with sweet toasty notes dominating. Rich pear and peach fruit. Powerful and appealing. 90\/100<\/p>\n![\"DSC_0115\"](\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC_0115-500x331.jpg\")
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\nThis spends 11 months in oak, 11.7% alcohol. This has an interesting story. A couple used to work in a steeply sloped vineyard and the owner decided to sell it. He asked them if they wanted to buy it but they had no money. They went to Vincent Charlot-Tanneaux, and he helped them. They now make 650 bottles from this plot. It\u2019s very tight and fresh, linear and mineral, with fresh citrus and pear fruit, lovely lemony acidity and nice spiciness. 92\/100<\/p>\n\n
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