Jacques Lassaigne Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Le Cotet [D95][WA93][V92][WS92]

Producer: Champagne Jacques Lassigne 
Region: Champagne, France 
Varietal: Chardonnay 
Year: Non-Vintage 

Decanter, 95 Points 

"This magnum of Le Cotet is starting to open now, with notes of smoke, truffle and brioche over ripe green apple fruit. The bright acidity carries the wine on the palate but doesn't overwhelm at all – the sensation is subtle elegance and finesse, with nothing shrill or harsh. The base is the 2011 vintage (aged more than a year in used barrels on the lees) with about 10% reserve wines; the blend was disgorged (with no dosage) in July 2015. This wine has dynamic freshness and impressive length and should continue to age in a proper cellar for years to come." 

Wine Advocate, 93 Points 

"The non-vintage Cuvee Le Côtet Extra Brut is a 100% single vineyard Chardonnay from 50-year-old vines on very poor chalk soil. Fermented in 80% stainless steel and 20% 228-liter barrels, this cuvée is based 90% on the 2010 harvest, whereas the other 10% consist of the vintages 2007, 2005 and 2002. The wine shows a beautifully pure, complex, iodine and chalky bouquet mingled with ripe apple and citrus aromas. Full-flavored and full-bodied on the palate, this is a pure and lingeringly salty, very mineral and well structured Champagne of great purity and expression. It's very long and bone dry, of great finesse and elegance. This stringent and grippy Cotet is still very young but shall develop well over the next ten years easily, probably even 15 years." 

Vinous, 92 Points 

"Light yellow.  Musky apple and pear skin aromas are deepened by notes of chamomile and smoky lees.  Tightly wound citrus zest and orchard fruit flavors expand with aeration, giving way to deeper nectarine, melon and marzipan.  Toasted nut and lemon pith distinguish the impressively long, focused finish.  This Champagne’s blend of power and finesse is impressive." 

Wine Spectator, 92 Points 

"Chopped hazelnut, graphite and spice accents lace flavors of golden apple, biscuit and saline-tinged mineral in this finely balanced blanc de blancs. Offers a refined, lively mousse and a well-cut finish." 

Alcohol: 12% 

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