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2006 Salon Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs

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RATINGS

100Wine Enthusiast

...perfect blanc de blancs, showing a wealth of intensity from the crisp, chalky, mineral tones to the perfumed apple notes. The aromas hint at developing toastiness that adds depth and complexity.

97Vinous / IWC

Deep and exotic, exudes richness in all dimensions with myriad inflections of sumptuous fruit that fill out its ample, large-scaled frame... recalls '02 with more phenolic intensity & overall structure... fascinating, utterly compelling...

97James Suckling

...opens with wet chalk and oyster shell notes, and there are aromas of dried yellow flowers and white mushrooms, white chocolate and lemon citrus as well as a refined array of fresh pastry. The palate has power with ripe lemon-drenched peach fruits... Builds white almond biscuit and toasted spices through the finish.

97Jeb Dunnuck

...ripe, concentrated style of the vintage in its orchard/citrus fruits and chalky minerality, it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, brilliant purity, elegant, bright acidity, and a big finish.

95The Wine Advocate

...quite tangy and reserved... Offering up aromas of smoke, toasted bread, orange oil, mocha and confit lemon...medium to full-bodied, fleshy and enveloping, with racy acids and a concentrated, surprisingly structured mid-palate. Concluding with a long and gently empyreumatic finish, this is a fine success.

95Wine Spectator

The creamy mousse of this graceful Champagne caresses the palate like cashmere, carrying a beautiful range of glazed nectarine, chopped almond, pastry and candied ginger flavors framed by vivid acidity. Seamless, with a long, lasting finish accented by minerally chalk and saline notes.

94Burghound.com

...restrained, cool and pure nose speaks of citrus, green apple, petrol, yeast and an interesting hint of quinine...all wrapped in a lemon rind-inflected and drier than usual finish that goes on and on.

18Jancis Robinson

Pungent and racy. Very transparent and almost soft... Fine and round. Very friendly. Floral and fine. Very long. Like the delicate brush of a feather against the cheek.

REGION

France, Champagne

Champagne is a small, beautiful wine growing region northeast of Paris whose famous name is misused a million times a day. As wine enthusiasts and all French people are well aware, only sparkling wines produced in Champagne from grapes grown in Champagne can be called Champagne. Sparkling wines produced anywhere else, including in other parts of France, must be called something besides Champagne. Champagne producers are justifiably protective of their wines and the prestige associated with true Champagne. Though the region was growing grapes and making wines in ancient times, it began specializing in sparkling wine in the 17th century, when a Benedictine monk named Dom Pierre Pérignon formulated a set guidelines to improve the quality of the local sparkling wines. Despite legends to the contrary, Dom Pérignon did not “invent” sparkling wine, but his rules about aggressive pruning, small yields and multiple pressings of the grapes were widely adopted, and by the 18th and 19th centuries Champagne had become the wine of choice in fashionable courts and palaces throughout Europe. Today there are 75,000 acres of vineyards in Champagne growing Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier. Champagne’s official appellation system classifies villages as Grand Cru or Premier Cru, though there are also many excellent Champagnes that simply carry the regional appellation. Along with well-known international Champagne houses there are numerous so-called “producer Champagnes,” meaning wines made by families who, usually for several or more generations, have worked their own vineyards and produced Champagne only from their own grapes.