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Dosnon & Lepage NV Recolte Noire (Blanc de Noirs), Champagne AOC
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Item Number: 2943
UPC: 0805109800021
Country: France
Region: Champagne
Sub Region: Aube
Appellation/AVA: Champagne AOC
Estate Grown Wine: Yes
Grape(s): 100% Pinot Noir
Type: Wine - Sparkling
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 6
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 12
Viticulture: Practicing Organic
Soil Type: Kimmeridgian
Tasting Notes: Clear with a pale yellow color. The fine, rapid bubbles form a regular and persistent ring. Intense to the nose, one detects the aromas of brioche with hints of wine. To the tongue, this wine is fatty and first taste, and is nuanced with subtle notes of apple and pear. One discerns the delicate bubbles with a slightly bitter finish.
Winemaking Notes: Vinified and aged in 228-liter barrels made of Burgundian oak from Puligny-Montrachet. Effectively, only the wood regulates the communication between the wine and the atmospheric oxygen, which favors the natural maturation of the champagnes and bestows them with their complexity. The barrels are a minimum of 5 years old, conferring neither tannin nor the flavor of wood to the wine.
Terroir: La Maison Dosnon & Lepage is located
in Avirey-Lingey, in the heart of a unique terroir called Côte des
Bar. Found in the southern part of the Champagne region, the vineyards
are situated on rolling hills of hard limestone soils like Chablis. This
terroir inspires particularly rich aromas and flavors in the Pinot Noir
and Chardonnay, which acquire an exceptional finesse and fruitiness as
they age.
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Dosnon & Lepage NV Recolte Noire (Blanc de Noirs), Champagne AOC
Rating: 92
An expressive version, with ground anise, ginger, cardamom and clove notes winding through the bright boysenberry, black currant and white cherry fruit. Well-balanced and creamy in texture, with lemon peel, biscuit and floral accents on the fresh finish. Disgorged January 2013. Drink now through 2018. 250 cases imported.
- The Wine Spectator (12/15/2013)
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Dosnon & Lepage NV Recolte Noire (Blanc de Noirs), Champagne AOC
Rating: 91
Yellow tomato, yellow plum and lemon
– all with seed, pit and pip piquancy –
inform the firm, bright palate of Dosnon &
Lepage’s NV Brut Blanc de Noirs Récolte
Noire Disg. 1/2013. The textural influence
of lees is less evident here than in the other
wines I tasted most recently from these
two vignerons. But this upbeat, energetic,
and mouth-coating pure Pinot mingles
sourdough yeastiness with salinity for a
cheek-pinching and salivary gland-milking
finish. I suspect it may merit 4-6 years of
repeated attention.
- The Wine Advocate (11/30/2013)
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Dosnon & Lepage NV Recolte Noire (Blanc de Noirs), Champagne AOC
Rating: 92
Pale, bright straw color. High-pitched tangerine and melon aromas, with
floral, vanilla and ginger nuances that expand with air. Stony and
energetic but fleshy, offering potent orchard fruit and lemon curd
flavors that show impressive depth. The broad, smoky, persistent finish
leaves spice and vanilla notes in its wake.
- International Wine Cellar (12/15/2012)
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Dosnon & Lepage NV Recolte Noire (Blanc de Noirs), Champagne AOC
Rating: 91
This fresh, fragrant version offers layered flavors of peach gelée, damson plum preserves, smoke, fresh flowers and citrus zest, with accents of ground ginger, cinnamon and anise spice. Finely textured, with a juicy finish. Drink now through 2017.
- The Wine Spectator (6/15/2012)
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