Delouvin Nowack

Carte Noir Brut Vandieres Pinot Meunier

9.5

Beautiful color, like if you were to look up the color palate for champagne it would be this. Slightly tinged with amber when the light crosses through.

Sumptuous and even unctuous aroma of chalk and peaches. Maybe a bit of bready goodness.

Bubbles luxuriate in a flurry. Swirls like the arms of the Milky Way atop its surface. A golden liquid of stone fruit, apricots, and white cherries. Lovely. A standout.

— 6 months ago

Robin, Severn and 2 others liked this

Delouvin-Nowack

Vandières Carte Noire Brut Champagne Blend

Shengli Hu

8.9

Toasty cherries, yellow peaches and Meyer lemon. A mineral spine comes through in the end. — 3 years ago

Andrew, Aravind and 3 others liked this

Delouvin - Chayoux

Cuvée de Prestige Champagne Blend

Buffy sommers

9.0

Crisp but not hard, floral and a little fruity. Smaller family run farm in champagne country. Very nice. — 6 years ago

David and Jo liked this

Famille Delouvin

Meunier Perpétuel Extra Brut Pinot Meunier

Shay A

9.3

@Delectable Wine : This is the Delouvin Meunier perpetuel. I didn’t see it in the database.

Annual birthday WWC hosting. As normal, 1 sparkler, 3 whites, 4 reds, 1 dessert, all presented blind.

I knew nothing about this producer when I purchased, but I feel like Pinot meunièr can become magical when given age/healthy amounts of reserve wine. This is from a 1992-2017 solera. 100% meunièr. 5g/l dosage.

Faint salmon-tinge color to this. Aromatics aren’t overly expressive, but there is some honey roasted cashews and spiced pear. On the palate, this is absolutely delicious…loads of fruit (as meunièr normally shows) with golden and red raspberries, golden delicious apple, more spiced pear, nutty and baking spices. Creamy and layered, it has a profile of “freshly aged”, with the reserve wines coming in to play at the finish, broadening out the wine. No need to hold these. I should find more. — 7 months ago