Champagne Brut “Les Parcelles”

France
Champagne
NV

70% Pinot Noir, 20% Pinot Meunier, 10% Chardonnay. Joël is one of only a few producers to use a soléra system for his vin de reserve. The current soléra is 12 years-old and each vintage, 30% is blended with the currant vintage. 42 months on the lees, nine grams of dosage.

92 points
"Creamy in texture, yet lithe and lively, thanks to bright, citrusy acidity, buoying finely meshed notes of poached quince, ripe melon, blood orange sorbet and Marcona almond. Clean-cut and lightly spiced on the lingering finish. Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay. "
Alison Napjus,
Wine Spectator
Wen Only 2023
91 points
"The new release of Joël Falmet’s “les Parcelles” non-vintage Brut is composed from a blend of seventy percent pinot noir, twenty percent chardonnay and ten percent pinot meunier. The wine includes thirty percent reserve wines in the cuvée, from a solera Monsieur Falmet started twelve years ago. The wine is aged forty-two months sur latte prior to disgorgement and finished with a dosage of nine grams per liter. It offers a bright and complex nose of apple, nectarine, flinty limestone minerality, bread dough, raw almond and a touch of lime zest in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and mineral-driven, with a fine core, frothy mousse, bright acids and lovely focus and balance on the long, complex finish."
John Gilman,
View From the Cellar

SKU/Code: 
DB6051-NV
Product Line: 
Wine
Sparkling
Varietal: 
Pinot Noir