Allouchery Perseval
Perseval-Farge
La Pucelle Chamery 1er Cru Pinot Noir
Perseval-Farge
Les Spectres Chardonnay
First time with this since June 2023. Super saline nose, green apple, almost like inner earth minerals from some long abandoned rock quarry. What a palate. Unreal mousse. Super toasty and yeasty and the caressing mousse is just brilliant. So juicy and unreal lime zest, flesh and meyer lemon and faint but ripe green apple. It’s so lush but also a mineral explosion. Unreal. What poise and texture. So sappy and complex. Unreal structure. Juicy and so clean but needs air and air it will get. Wow with air what cut and salinity. The minerality is nuts — a month ago
Clément Perseval
Les Rouleaux Chamery 1er Cru Blanc de Blancs Champagne Blend 2015
Emilien Allouchery
Premier Cru La Scéne Champagne Chardonnay 2019
@Delectable Wine : This is the Emilien Allouchery La Scéne champagne. I didn’t see it in the database.
New producer I’ve started hearing about, and really enjoyed it. Looking forward to opening the BdN later.
80% fermentation in oak barrels, 20% in amphora. Disgorged May ‘23. 1 g/l dosage. 100% Chardonnay.
Bright, crisp and texturally really pretty. Classically grower champagne in style with the fruit center stage…borders on tropical (in a good way)…white peach, lemon zest, sea spray aromatics. IMO, a great example of where even 1gram dosage can help balance and lengthen out a champagne of this profile. Curious if the use of amphora adds to the mid-palate texture here? After an hour, little bit of sweet toast started to poke out, but it was second fiddle to the fruit. Balanced use of oak frames this well. Finish of chalk/limestone, sea salt, lemon confit, honeyed apple crisps. Worth seeking out. — a year ago
Clément Perseval
Extra Brut Premier Cru Champagne Rosé Blend
16/17 blend. Bottled April 2018. Disgorged Oct. 2022. What a color. Now that’s salmon. Nose is gorgeous strawberry, watermelon, minerals and it’s so clear and so clean. Just gorgeous. Floral and airy. Very attractive and provocative nose. Unreal concentration and the fruit is all sour cherries, sour sweet apples. Wow this is concentrated and the bubbles are so fine. This is superb. Sapid and dense but oh so light on its feet. Just terrific fruit and purity. This will improve with air but so much to like. The fruit is almost fruit skins. Some flesh but mostly skin. Such balance. Wonderful inner mouth aromas. So delicious. Saline finish. Can’t wait till this opens more. Wow this is salty! So good. Fleshing out with air. Tremendous architecture to this wine. Now there is citrus, and gorgeous florals and deeper watermelon. The nose is like a 9.7. Also a feral element that adds complexity. Amazing. So chewy and dense and just insane complexity. Needs to get more elegant and it will. With air comes great finesse and a brilliant, very integrated textured and all parts. Very fine stuff. Unreal density and structure here, anchored by world class finesse and length. — 2 months ago
Allouchery Deguerne
Sélection Montagne de Reims 1er Cru Champagne Blend
60% Pinot Noir, 20% Meunier, 20% Chardonnay. A beautiful blend resulting in an amazing Champagne. — 5 months ago
Perseval-Farge
C. de Réserve Brut 1er Cru Champagne Blend
Nose is a bit more broad and less focused, smokey and brioche and yeast and bread, so fine and very dry and mineral, also the earthiest one. So pure and so sappy. Clean and fresh. Not too complex but so well made and fine mousse, juicy and invigorating and sapid and lots of fruit skins. Classic and champagne for parties. — 2 years ago
Lyle Fass
Founder Fass Selections
The OG before the label change. Just stunning and so toasty. Brioche, saline and super elegant. Such fine bubbles. So so good. Likely the first vintage I ever sold. — a month ago