90+ All of the fruit for this bottling hails from the family’s vines in Cumières and Hautvillers. The cépages is thirty-five percent each of pinot noir and pinot meunier, augmented by thirty percent chardonnay, but of...
90+ All of the fruit for this bottling hails from the family’s vines in Cumières and Hautvillers. The cépages is thirty-five percent each of pinot noir and pinot meunier, augmented by thirty percent chardonnay, but of course, half of this cuvée is composed from the solera started by Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy’s father all the way back in 1970. The wine delivers a fine aromatic constellation of white peach, almond, brioche, chalky soil tones and a lovely array of delicate meunier floral tones in the upper register. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied and still youthfully snappy, with a fine core and soil signature, pinpoint bubbles, fine focus and a long, complex and zesty finish. This is young, but tasty right now. It will be an even better drink if tucked away in the cellar for a few years to let those acids soften up a bit more on the backend.