2019 Bereche et Fils Cote Cramant Grand Cru BB
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Produced from purchased fruit issuing from Le Bateau and Le Chemin de Châlons, Bérêche’s 2019 Blanc de Blancs Cramant Grand Cru was disgorged in July 2014 without dosage, though it contains a gram of residual sugar. Informed by a late harvest, on September 18, it offers up aromas of dried white flowers, orange zest and pear, leading into a rich and muscular, full-bodied and quite powerful palate, without the cut and tension typically expected from this address. Concentrated and textural, it’s somewhat of a heavyweight this year.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Kristaps Karklins, Wine Advocate
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The 2019 Extra-Brut Cramant Grand Cru is a heady, explosive wine. Lemon confit, chamomile, slate and crushed rocks stain the palate. The 2019 was picked at 12.1% alcohol, dangerously high for Champagne because the wines can gain 1.5% alcohol in fermentation, where natural yeasts stop working. This is essentially white wine with bubbles. It is compelling juice by any measure. The 2019 was bottled with very low pressure and finished with no dosage.