2014 Champagne

This is a rare vineyard in Champagne that has never seen any herbicides or pesticides, and has been farmed organically since it was planted in the 1960s. The nose is pure escapism, with candied fruit, croissant crumbs, wild honey and high-toned notes of white pepper, ginger and sweet vanilla. The palate is expansive and intense, offering pure minerality, textured exotic and fresh citrus fruit, hay and orange blossom. It’s mineral, charged and sapid with a long finish.
Davy Zyw, Wine Buyer (winter 2018)

Leclerc Briant’s début Blanc de Noirs, this special single vineyard is located directly under the Abbey of Hautvilliers, the historical cradle of Champagne and the influences of Dom Pérignon himself. This organic and biodynamic vineyard produces richly flavoured Pinot Noir, made into a pure, low-dosage expression of the site’s terroir. The nose combines butter, red apples and spice, while the palate is positively charged, with layers of apple and rhubarb crumble, croissants and candy floss, wild flowers and mixed herbs. A vibrant and supple wine, flecked with minerality.
Davy Zyw, Wine Buyer (winter 2018)

This is the first release of Leclerc Briant’s new clos (walled vineyard) in the Montagne de Reims. The name is inspired by the three church bell towers (“clochers”) visible from the vineyard. It is vinified in a mixture of oak barrels, including some second-fill barriques that were used for Haut-Brion Blanc. Pretty and tightly coiled, this offers notes of white flowers, green apple and wild honey. The palate is clean, bright and racy with orchard fruit, sweet hay and a creaminess from the oak, all while maintaining a lip-puckering tension and salinity.
Davy Zyw, Wine Buyer (winter 2018)