Vanessa

9.3

✨ Cheers to treasures of the Côte des Blancs!

🥂 Allow me to introduce Champagne Agrapart & Fils, a fourth-generation grower-producer based in the Grand Cru village of Avize – right in the heart of the Côte des Blancs region, where Chardonnay reigns supreme.

🍾Pascal took the helm of his family’s winery in 1984 and is now joined by his son Ambroise, carrying on the family tradition of meticulous winemaking to craft exceptionally beautiful champagnes that offer an authentic sense of place.

🌿 In support of this aim, Agrapart pursues an ancient approach to farming the family’s 12 hectares of vines, in harmony with nature, according to the natural rhythms of the calendar, trading chemicals for compost, and working the land by hand.

🍇 In the winery, Pascal & Ambroise allow fermentations to happen naturally through ambient yeast found in the surrounding environment & on the surface of the grape skins. They neither fine nor filter their wines, and riddling is done by hand – a rarity in this day and age given efficiencies that can be gained through mechanization (e.g., gyropalette).

👉 Here we have Agrapart’s “Terroirs” bottling made with 100% Chardonnay from a blend of vintages and vineyard blocks from the Grand Cru villages of Avize, Cramant, Oiry, and Oger. It’s extra brut with 5 grams of sugar / liter in dosage.

😍 It is a stunning Blanc de Blancs expression giving voice to the Côte des Blancs.

👌 This wine is focused, nuanced, & elegant with perfumed aromas of lemon meringue, lemon pith, crisp apple, star fruit, white tea, blossom, oyster shell, salinity, toast, smoke, chalk, river bank, frozen pie crust, and blanched almonds.

On the palate it’s bone dry and laser focused with an electrifying acidity that is balanced by a creamy mousse and concentrated flavors consistent with the nose.

💫 Cheers to delicious wines of authenticity & soul! — 5 hours ago

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S.S. Mandani

9.4

Subtle green apples and sea minerals on the nose.

Very pretty translucency of lemon in the glass. Pale and poised.

Playful, zippy, yet contained and linear. It’s like someone said indulge your creativity but here’s a constraint so that you stay on task.

So taut. So clean. Densely mineral. Soulfully Chablis with that sea shell kimerridgian soil clarity.

Orchard fruit and maybe some light citrus fruit like kumquats. Underripe white peaches. Also reminds me of these light yellow raisins from the mountains of Hunzah my mom sometimes brings when she visits. Beautiful. — a month ago

Bob McDonald

9.0

Dirty mid Ruby in colour - tawny highlights On the nose red fruits (strawberries) with a touch of barnyard. A light to medium weight palate showing red fruits and sweet spice, but essentially a simple uncomplicated wine despite the fact that it cost $180 AUD. This is where good new World Pinots supercede Burgundies like this. The next night a better showing but no great complexity. — 19 days ago

Matthew Cohen

9.6

Magnificent.

Nose: yellow flowers, density.

Palate: dense, stone fruits. So juicy and bright. Delicious.

Long
Fass selections. — 20 days ago

Lynn Graham

9.0

Fabulous Chablis — 2 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Cena con roumier y lafon la@paulee primer dia@magnum — 5 months ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.2

Not to be confounded with the mythical Vincent Dauvissat, but this is a great estate in its own right. An excellent example of a basic Chablis. The " parcellaires" ( single parcel selections) are even better. — 17 days ago

Matthew Cohen

9.0

N: gooseberry

P: gooseberry. Delicious.

Planet wine $22.50 tariff — 21 days ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.5

2023 vintage. Jean Dauvissat Premier Cru Côte de Léchet — 17 days ago

Taylor Brody

9.7

Transport me to France and let’s fucking go. — 4 months ago