François Secondé Blanc de Noirs La Loge Grand Cru

Champagne Club by Richard Juhlin

François Secondé är den okrönte kungen av Sillery.Ett ungt exempel denna gång från mästaren i Sillery. Lite stum och outvecklad, men med fin kritig mineralitet och bra terroir som ryggrad att hänga upp musklerna kring när tiden byggt färdigt dem.Väldigt ung och äpplig i nuläget, men intensiv renhet och upplyftande höga smaker. Solera med bas 2005.

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Robert Parker

Disgorged in July 2018 with eight grams per liter dosage, Secondé's NV Brut Blanc de Noirs Sillery Grand Cru La Loge offers up a youthful bouquet of minty apples, spices and blanched almonds, followed by a medium to full-bodied, tightly wound palate with a tangy girdle of acidity, good depth and concentration and a chalky finish, displaying a youthfully frothy mousse. It's a powerful wine that's so young as to be relatively inscrutable, but it appears to possess promising potential.

Andreas Larsson - Tasted

It is a sparkling wine with a quite vivid mousse. Colour is light golden, I would say, there some colour intensity though. Needs some air to open up. Aromatically, it is a good purity here, and we have a fair deal of ripeness. I get more vibes from Pinot Noir in this case; some red berry fruit, like raspberry, with ripe pear, and some of the nutty notes, like hazelnut, almond. It is quite a full body style this one, really mouth filling, quite anxious in terms of texture with ripe fruit. Once again I would opt for more this Pinot Noir, dominance of Pinot Noir, due to that slightly red fruity character. We also do have a slight hint of some tannin, not tannin per se. I think it is a good combination here, those ripe red berries well integrated with a balanced acidity. Giving a good freshness on the palate there. Mouth-watering with a quite fine mousse. Good persistence here, it really keeps lingering for a while. I think well balanced in that full body style. Good length, good balance, good freshness, a certain maturity there as well. So a champagne with a certain amount of complexity, and perfectly enjoyable today.