Allouchery Perseval
Perseval-Farge
Coteau Champenois Champagne Blend
The best white wine I have had this year. Meslier, Pinot Gris, Arbanne and Chardonnay. Stunning florals and a bit of Chenin DNA but way better than any Chenin. The nose is like Batard’s art school (RISDE?) cousin with a nose piercing and tons of tattoos. Just ridiculous. Fascinating and so complex but restrained and beautiful. Palate is magic. Huge acid, restrained richness, hint of oak, unreal finesse and just awesome concentration. Finish is minutes long. The perfection of the palate is just beyond anything. This rewired my brain. Absolutely perfect but only a 9.9 as age will rally this into the stratosphere. — 4 months ago
Clément Perseval
Les Rouleaux Chamery 1er Cru Blanc de Blancs Champagne Blend 2015
Perseval-Farge
La Pucelle Chamery 1er Cru Pinot Noir
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. — 6 months 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. — 7 months ago
Perseval-Farge
197 Chamery 1er Cru Brut Champagne Blend 2005
@Lyle Fass ❤️
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 — 6 months ago
Shay A
@Delectable Wine : This is the Emilien Allouchery Le Répertoire cuvée. I didn’t see it in the database.
92-93 (same as the BdB, but I’m going a tick higher).
Opened the BdB in April ‘24. Same winemaking process (80% fermentation in oak barrels, 20% in amphora); same disgorgement (May ‘23); this BdN received 3.5g/l dosage versus the 1g/l of the BdB. Followed over two days and stayed consistent.
Very grower champagne and very BdN. As with the BdB, this is texturally really pretty but more powerful. Fruit dominates with caramel dipped apples, spiced pears, red berry fruits, honey and even some cider aromatics. Same thought process I had with the BdB in that I’m curious if the use of amphora adds to the mid-palate texture here (feels like it did with the vintage BdB Marie Courtin I had last month). More rich and spiced apples and pears, some lemon pastry and orange zest. This wears 3.5g/l dosage great, but the ripe fruit would handle a gram or two less no problem. — a day ago