Dhondt Grellet, Les Nogers Blanc Blancs Extra Brut Premier Cru Vintage:2018 lively and incisive

lively and incisive

The Bodegas wines are all blends

Aux Etelois tends to drink well young and the 2019 version should be no exception if you don’t wish to hold it to full maturity

Racy and lively with a good spine of ripe fruit and no obvious sweetness nor alcohol

for example yields have been reduced

Dhondt Grellet, Les Nogers Blanc Blancs Extra Brut Premier Cru Vintage:2018 lively and incisiveOne of the highlights of the cellar this year is the 2019 Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru Les Nogers. Disgorged in July 2024 with one gram per liter dosage, it is sourced from two different altitudes and geological profiles within the same lieu dit in Cuis, planted with massal selection Chardonnay in 1974. Both sites, facing northwest, are harvested, pressed and vinified separately, with the most pronounced barrels selected for the final blend (while