Champagne Pierre Peters, Blanc de Blancs, Grand Cru, Extra Brut

The loquacious and extremely likeable Rodolphe Péters of Champagne Pierre Péters is one of the most highly respected growers in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, where 12 of his 17 hectares are located. The style of Le Mesnil Champagnes focuses on mineral power and capacity to age. Péters is the master of this art, taming the steely acidity of the wines but in no way diminishing their inherent power and potential to develop.

Pierre Peters’ Extra Brut is far from foursquare from four parcels in four villages, stretching its modest two grams of residual sugar into a symphony of stone fruit and flowers. The wine is incredibly complex; the putative austerity of an Extra Brut is all but forgotten in this maze of flavours, where one is just as likely to fall upon liquorice and cinnamon as the more usual descriptors of plums and other orchard fruit.

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