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Le domaine
Type de vin
Champagne
Millésime
2008
Alcool
12.0% vol.
Cépage
50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot noir
Origine
Champagne

L'avis des experts

James Suckling:

This is a solid and very dense Champagne with a phenolic and rich texture. Layers of cooked apples and light lemon rind. Brioche and light pie-crust in the aftertaste. Fresh and relatively dry aftertaste.

The Wine Advocate:

The 2008 Brut Millésimé opens in the glass with lovely aromas of lemon oil, green apple, warm biscuits, iodine and mandarin. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, deep and seamless, with an elegantly layered core, a fine, pinpoint mousse and racy balancing acids, concluding with a long and incipiently biscuity finish. This is a classy vintage Champagne that will develop beautiful complexity in the cellar.

Decanter:

It was a long growing season in 2008, with nothing excessive or unusual, and it has engendered wines of complexity and impressive length. Disgorged in July 2018 with 8g of sugar, this is a wonderfully poised blend of 50% Chardonnay and 50% Pinot Noir. Generous of colour and with forward toasty aromas, the wine is thereafter softer, more refined and elegant, with grapefruit notes ceding to a bed of dried almonds and summer flowers. Michel maintains that the Chardonnay is in the ascendant at the moment but, with time, emerging biscuity and savoury elements will be down to the latent power of the Pinot Noir.

Gault & Millau:

Beau millésime qui trouve l’équilibre entre puissance, rondeur et fraîcheur, autant d’atouts du millésime quand ils sont préservés. La longue attente sur lies ne lui enlève rien de son énergie en bouche. La vibration est bonne et la longueur bien ponctuée de beaux amers de peau d’agrumes. On l’accordera sur cette énergie avec une viande blanche.

Revue du Vin de France:

Le brut sans année est fiable, joliment arrondi et tonique.