2018 Henriot L'Inattendue Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru
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Full bottle 1,663 g. 100% Chardonnay from Chouilly grand cru. Four years sur lattes. Dosage 2 g/l. Bright gold. Henriot’s second single-cru release. Lemongrass and lemon curd on the nose. Super-fine, sparse bead playing weightless staccato down the line of the wine. Amplitude shaped by pinions of smoky power and mouth-watering minerality. And yet the wine also has curds of lemon-zested softness at its heart. The kind of wine that would be beautiful with mature, hard, cave-aged cheese, or with nimono (braised) shiitake mushrooms. (TC)
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Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate
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The second iteration of this new cuvée from Henriot maintains the demonstrative and expressive style that is characteristic of this new cuvée. The 2018 Brut L'inattendue evokes aromas of peach, ripe orchard fruits and lemon intertwined with menthol notes and slightly smoky hints. Medium to full-bodied, enveloping and elegantly structured, it’s perfectly balanced with a vinous mid-palate and a long, mouthwatering and mineral finish. This is one of the most exciting cuvées from this house, which recently changed hands.