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Champagne Adrien Renoir Le Terroir Grand Cru Verzy NV
Montagne de Reims, Champagne, FranceYoung Adrien Renoir worked alongside his father at their 5-hectare Verzy estate before taking over in 2019 and beginning to bottle under his name. They abandoned herbicides in 2015, became organic certified in 2020, and used biodynamic treatments in the vineyards. The estate is all massale selection Grand Cru vineyards in the Montagne de Reims. This cuvée is off 40-year-old vines and a 50/50 chardonnay/pinot noir split from Verzy. It was native fermented in wood, based on 2019, with 20% reserve wines from 2018 stored in foudres. This bottle was disgorged in November 2022 after 24 months sur lattes, with 1.6 g/L. The nose is full of perfumed red and yellow apples and toasted brioche, which carry across to a doughy, chalky palate of the same, expanded by the wine's time in wood. There's a sharpening belt of tart green apple, drying chalky acidity to rein this into a saline finish. There's a bit of a jar between the low dosage and wooded fruit, but this should merge with more time in the bottle.Tasted: 24 July 2023Tasted by: Treve RingPrices:| BC | $100.00 | 750ml | private wine stores |
Blend: Chardonnay - Pinot NoirCSPC: 440950
