NV Etienne Calsac Les Rocheforts Blanc de Blancs
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The NV Champagne Blanc de Blancs Les Rocheforts pours a bright yellow hue and is floral, pretty, and open in this vintage, with notes of fresh pear, quince, fresh flowers, candied lime, and lemon. The chalk adds structure and freshness to the wine, making it a gastronomic experience that is mouthwatering and not bitter. Drink 2025-2045. This is a single-vineyard wine from an east-facing exposure, base vintage 2022, with 20% reserve wine. 2.3 grams per liter dosage.
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Jancis Robinson MW
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Calsac’s 2021 vintage-based NV Blanc de Blancs Les Rocheforts, complemented with 10% of reserve wines from 2020, was disgorged in April 2024 with four grams per liter dosage. A reference to the stark white chalk, Les Rocheforts comes from an organically farmed single-vineyard site planted in 1986 and 1988 in the village of Bisseuil. In the cellar, the wine is vinified equal parts in stainless steel and oak (five years old on average). Soaring from the glass with scents of acacia, pear and ripe citrus fruit, it’s muscular, glossy and textural, with a charming core of fruit and a delicately saline finish.
Blanc de Blancs. Exciting development on the nose and tight texture. Real potential and ambition here. Super clean and fresh. Persistent and nice quality of bead. (JR)
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