2014 Domaine Jean Vesselle Pur B3 Blanc de Blancs de Bouzy Grand Cru Brut Nature

The 2014 Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs de Bouzy Pur B3 Brut Nature is fragrant and lifted with white flowers, Anjou pear, and unbaked pastry. The palate is fully dry and drives down the palate with saline and chalky earth, Meyer lemon, and floral brioche on the finish. It needs time to develop and open aromatically, but it is a wonderful and focused wine. Drink over the following Drink 2024-2040. Delphine Vesselle is a third-generation winemaker located in the Grand Cru village of Bouzy. Her father Jean Vesselle took over the family business in 1972 and changed the name to give his own name to the company. Delphine returned from her wine studies in 1992 and took over control of the winery in 1993, when she was 22 years old. She stopped using insecticides and weed killers upon her return. For the past five years they have worked organically in Bouzy and Chouilly and implement some biodynamic principals. In 2021, they began the official conversion for organic certification and will be certified in 2025. Today they have a little over 17 hectares, with total production of 160,000 bottles, 83% of which is exported. The philosophy in the winery is to treat each wine with an equal level of care and importance, without elevating one wine as a prestige cuvée.