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2018 Champagne Leclerc Briant, Millésime, Extra Brut

  • White
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Chardonnay
Ready - youthful (Drink 2022 - 2034)
Yohan Castaing
91/100
Audrey Frick
94+/100
Product: 20188000196

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2018 Champagne Leclerc Briant, Millésime, Extra Brut

Description

Produced with 50% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay, and the rest Meunier, the 2018 Champagne Millésime Extra Brut was vinified and raised for nine months in barrels. It sees 3 grams per litre dosage and was disgorged in March 2023. It pours a rich, youthful yellow hue and is forward in its expressive notes of toasted oak spice that are very assertive and joined by notes of toasted croissant, orange marmalade, white pepper, and ripe red berries. 

Full-bodied, it has a lush and pillowy mousse and a fantastic texture, filling the palate with ample fruit, a chalky texture, and a rounded and fleshy personality. Although, at first, it feels as if its oak is not well-integrated, it impresses me more as it opens and is approachable in its ripe fruit now. It’s long on the palate and is a very well-made wine, but I’d like to see how this harmonizes over time. 

Drink 2025 - 2045

Audrey Frick, JebDunnuck.com (November 2023)

Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2018
Alcohol % 12.5%
Maturity Ready - youthful (2022 - 2034)
Grape List Chardonnay
Body Full Bodied
Producer Champagne Leclerc Briant

Critics reviews

Yohan Castaing 91/100
A blend of 50% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay and 15% Meunier, the 2018 Extra-Brut displays a bright, perfumed bouquet with aromas of blanched almond, fresh bread, spring flower, menthol and liquorice. Medium to full-bodied, elegant and seamless, it’s vinous with bright acids and a lingering, saline finish. Il should age well over the next five to eight years.Drink 2023 - 2028Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate (November 2023)
Drink 2023 - 2028
Yohan Castaing, RobertParker.com (Nov 2023)
Audrey Frick 94+/100
Produced with 50% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay, and the rest Meunier, the 2018 Champagne Millésime Extra Brut was vinified and raised for nine months in barrels. It sees 3 grams per litre dosage and was disgorged in March 2023. It pours a rich, youthful yellow hue and is forward in its expressive notes of toasted oak spice that are very assertive and joined by notes of toasted croissant, orange marmalade, white pepper, and ripe red berries. Full-bodied, it has a lush and pillowy mousse and a fantastic texture, filling the palate with ample fruit, a chalky texture, and a rounded and fleshy personality. Although, at first, it feels as if its oak is not well-integrated, it impresses me more as it opens and is approachable in its ripe fruit now. It’s long on the palate and is a very well-made wine, but I’d like to see how this harmonizes over time. Drink 2025 - 2045audrey_frick, JebDunnuck.com (November 2023)
Drink 2023 - 2028
Audrey Frick, JebDunnuck.com (Nov 2023)

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