90+ The current release of Camille Savès “Carte Blanche” non-vintage Brut is a blend of
seventy-five percent pinot noir and twenty-five percent chardonnay. The wine is aged three years
sur latte and is all grand cru...
90+ The current release of Camille Savès “Carte Blanche” non-vintage Brut is a blend of
seventy-five percent pinot noir and twenty-five percent chardonnay. The wine is aged three years
sur latte and is all grand cru fruit, with the exception of the chardonnay, which hails from the
village of Tauxières and is only entitled to Premier Cru status. Like all of the house’s wines, it
did not undergo malolactic fermentation. The bouquet is deep and classic, wafting from the glass
in a generous blend of apple, peach, patissière, lovely soil tones and bread dough. On the palate
the wine is deep, full-bodied, crisp and complex, with a good core, elegant mousse and lovely
length and grip on the well-balanced and wide open finish. I did not ask which base year this
iteration is from, but it seems probable that this would be 2011. A stylish bottle. 2016-2025+.