Every second week we change the house Champagne @ The Champagne Bar by Richard Juhlin.
mv GUY CHARLEMAGNE ‘RÉSERVE BRUT’ [100CH]
Le Mesnil-sûr-Oger | Champagne | France | Swedish importer Theis Vine/Terrific Wine | SBnr 77281 SEK 377
TASTING NOTE ‘This Champagne, which is aged for three years, is made from grapes from Oger and Le Mesnil. It’s one of the most elegant nonvintage Champagnes I’ve ever had! The nose is incredibly pure and flowery, like a Chablis grand cru from Louis Michel. The flavor is also romantically light and multifaceted—the perfect aperitif on an early summer evening. A bit more powerful and oaky nowadays.’ RJpoints 81(86)
RJ ON GUY CHARLEMAGNE (Bottles/year: 150000) This elegant firm was founded in 1892. Guy Charlemagnes son, Philippe, make some of the purest Champagnes on the market, and the Le Mesnil character is, if possible, even more tangible than in wines from the neighboring Salon. Besides six hectares in Le Mesnil they own one in Oger, 6 in Sézanne, and one in Glannes. The average age of the vines is an impressive thirtyfive, and in the vintage wines there are grapes from three locations: Vaucherot, Aillerand, and Masonière. They are using small oak barrels for some 20 percent of the harvest. The prestige wine Mesnillésime is a super-concentrated wine from 60 year old vines, where half of the wine has been through malolactic fermentation in steel tanks, while the other half is fermented in oak casks with the malic acidity intact. Mesnillésime is a wine for every serious collector. This is a grower to watch with the greatest respect in the future. Do not miss the 2004 or the regular vintage 2008!
ALL-TIME
HOUSE CHAMPAGNES
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ANDRÉ CLOUET ’BRUT GRANDE RÉSERVE’ & ’SILVER BRUT’ & ’ROSÉ’
AYALA ‘ZÉRO DOSAGE’
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BARNAUT ‘GRANDE RESERVE’
BARON FUENTÉ ʼBRUTʼ
BÉNARD-PITOIS ‘BRUT’
BILLECART-SALMON ‘BRUT RÉSERVE’
BRICE ’BRUT TRADITION’, ‘BOUZY GRAND CRU’, ’VERZENAY GRAND CRU’
BOIZEL ‘BRUT RÉSERVE’
BOLLINGER ‘SPECIAL CUVÉE BRUT’ & ʼROSÉʼ
FRANCK de BONVILLE `GRAND CRU SÉLECTION`
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CHARLES HEIDSIECK ‘BRUT RÉSERVE’
de CASTELLANE ‘BRUT TRADITION’
CHANOINE ’TSARINE CUVÉE PREMIUM’
GUY CHARLEMAGNE ‘RÉSERVE BRUT’
RAOUL COLLET ‘GRANDE RÉSERVE BRUT’
COMTESSE LAFOND ‘CANTENEUR BRUT’
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DEHOURS ‘LIEUT-DITS MAISONCELLE’ 2004
DELAMOTTE ‘BRUT’
DEUTZ ‘BRUT CLASSIC’
DIEBOLT-VALLOIS ʼTRADITIONʼ & ‘PRÉSTIGE’
DUVAL-LEROY ‘FLEUR de CHAMPAGNE’
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EGLY-OURIET ’LES VIGNES DE VRIGNY 1er CRU’ & ʼBRUT TRADITIONʼ
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NICOLAS FEUILLATTE ‘RÉSERVE PARTICULIÈRE’ & ‘BRUT EXTREM’ NON DOSAGE’ & ‘BLANC DE BLANCS’ 2000 & 2004
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GATINOIS ‘BRUT TRADITION’
GOSSET ‘GRANDE RÉSERVE’ & ‘GRANDE ROSÉ’
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HATT et SÖNER ‘MILLÉSIME’ 2008 & ‘EXTRA BRUT’ 2007
HENRI GIRAUD ‘HOMMAGE de
HENRIOT `BLANC de SOUVERAIN`
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JACQUESSON ʼCUVÉE 732ʼ & ʼCUVÉE 733ʼ & ʼCUVÉE 734ʼ & ʼCUVÉE 735ʼ & ʼCUVÉE 736ʼ & ʼCUVÉE 737ʼ
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KRUG ‘GRANDE CUVÉE’
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LANSON ‘BLACK LABEL’
LARMANDIER-BERNIER ‘TERRE de VERTUS’
LAURENT-PERRIER ‘BRUT’ & ‘ULTRA BRUT’ & ’CUVÉE ROSÉ’
LE MESNIL ́GRAND CRU BRUT ́
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de MERIC ’GRAND RÉSERVE SOUS BOIS’
MUMM ‘CORDON ROUGE’, ‘GRAND CRU’ & 2006 ‘MILLÉSIME’
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PALMER & Co. ‘BLANC de BLANCS’ 2008
PALMER ‘BRUT’
PERRIER JOUET ʼGRAND BRUTʼ
PHILIPPE GONET ’BRUT RÉSERVE’
JACQUES PICARD ʻGRAND RÉSERVE BRUT’
PIERRE PETERS ‘CUVÉE de RÉSERVE’
PIPER-HEIDSIECK ’BRUT’
PHILIPPONNAT ‘ROYALE RÉSERVE’
POL ROGER ‘BRUT RÉSERVE’
POMMERY ’BRUT ROYAL’
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LOUIS ROEDERER ’BRUT PRÉMIER’
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SAINT GALL ‘BLANC de BLANCS BRUT’ & ‘BLANC de BLANCS 1er cru’
JACQUES SELOSSE ʼBRUT INITIALEʼ
de SOUSA ‘CUVÉE 3A’ & ‘CUVÉE des CAUDALIES’
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TAITTINGER ‘BRUT RÉSERVE’ & ‘LES FOLIES DE LA MARQUETTERIE’ & ‘MILLÉSIME’ 2004
TARLANT ’BRUT ZERO CLASSIC’
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de VENOGE ‘CORDON BLEU BRUT’
de VENOGE ’BLANC de NOIRS’ (2006)
de VENOGE ‘DES PRINCES’ 1993
de VENOGE ‘LOUIS XV ROSÉ’ 2002
VEUVE FOURNY ‘GRANDE RÉSERVE’ & ‘CUVÉE ’R’ EXTRA BRUT’
