NV Veuve Fourny Brut Blanc de Blancs 1er Cru
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100% Chardonnay. 75% tanks and 25% wood, three consecutive years blended, with 20% reserve content. Two years on second lees. Technically Extra Brut. Dosage 6 g/l. Simple and off dry, but without obvious premier cru class. (JR)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
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From a 40-year-old premier cru vineyard. Pungent, well priced, tight and dense. Lemon spume. Quite youthful. GV (JR)
Milky, creamy nose with very sharp apple fruit – very acidic and green, giving an unexpected austerity to the palate. Impressive, but not the most user friendly of champagnes. (RH)
Toasted almond and caramel apple scents in Veuve Fourny’s NV Brut Blanc de Blancs L20062 set the stage for a confectionary palate impression nicely balanced by fresh juiciness of apple and Persian melon. Finely polished and subtly sustained, this isn’t especially emphatic in flavor or possessed of noticeable mineral dimensions, but is still bound to offer soothing satisfaction over the coming year. Brothers Charles-Henry and Emmanuel Fourny profess to maximize micro-vinifications in order to achieve the most interesting blends, and they permit or (more often) discourage malo-lactic conversion according to their assessment of blending potential, vintage, or individual must. The young wines characteristically receive lees-stirring and a portion is raised in barrel. (Bottles of Brut Grand Reserve and Brut Rose tasted from Veuve Fourny on this occasion were modestly recommendable, but since neither a lot number nor disgorgement date was indicated on their labels or bottles, I have refrained from rating them.) Importer: Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA; tel. (510) 524-1524