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2011 Champagne Penet-Chardonnet, Les Epinettes, Blanc de Noirs, Grand Cru, Verzy, Extra Brut

  • White
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
Ready - mature (Drink 2014 - 2022)
Jancis Robinson MW
17.5/20
James Suckling
93/100
Product: 20118157845

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2011 Champagne Penet-Chardonnet, Les Epinettes, Blanc de Noirs, Grand Cru, Verzy, Extra Brut
Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2011
Maturity Ready - mature (2014 - 2022)
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Champagne Penet-Chardonnet

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 17.5/20
Picked 27 August 2011. Bottled 20 April 2012. Disgorged 7 August 2020. Dosage 4.8 g/l. Single Verzy vineyard of 42-year-old Pinot Noir vines that faces north-west, as 120 m. No oak, no malo.It has a most unusual, emphatic nose with a certain roasted savoury quality to it. Hugely distinctive. And it's not just the autolysis. It is pretty marked but not intrusive acidity, of a citrus sort. Really intriguing and very much not a casual sipper. Actually, despite the low dosage, the finish is positively rich! Very tight and tense but already gives huge pleasure. Demands attention.Drink 2021 - 2027jancis_robinson_mw MW, JancisRobinson.com (August 2021)
Drink 2021 - 2027
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Aug 2021)
James Suckling 93/100
A well-structured, vibrant blanc de noirs showing aromas of red apples, walnuts, bread crust and grapefruit peel. Dry and focused, with a medium body, lively acidity and tight bubbles. Refreshing at the end. 100% Pinot Noir. Disgorged April 2021. 4.8g/L dosage. Drink nowjames_suckling, jamessuckling_com (August 2023)
Drink 2021 - 2027
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Aug 2023)

About this wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
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Champagne Penet-Chardonnet

Champagne Penet-Chardonnet has 400 years of winemaking history behind it. The estate spans six hectares, spread over 30 small plots across Verzy and Verzenay in the Montagne de Reims.
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