Leclerc Briant Blanc de Meuniers 2016

Pale golden robe with amber highlights, fine and persistent effervescence. On the nose, an elegant palette of red raspberry, fresh pear, blood citrus and damp chalk, lifted by a gentle hint of toasted bread from five years on lees. On the palate, the texture is at once silky and taut, carried by a…

The structure of this champagne

TASTING NOTES

Pale golden robe with amber highlights, fine and persistent effervescence. On the nose, an elegant palette of red raspberry, fresh pear, blood citrus and damp chalk, lifted by a gentle hint of toasted bread from five years on lees. On the palate, the texture is at once silky and taut, carried by a chiselled acidity and a calcareous minerality that extend a saline, invigorating finish.

The composition

About this house

Founded in 1872 in Épernay, Leclerc Briant is one of Champagne's pioneering biodynamic houses: as early as 1964, the family was experimenting with these practices across its 30 hectares of Premier and Grand Cru classified vines, making the house the largest biodynamic producer in the region at the time.

Revived in 2012 under the impetus of passionate new partners, the house has pushed its commitment even further: hand harvesting, ageing in terracotta amphorae, zero added sulphites on certain cuvées. The Blanc de Meuniers is its most audacious expression — a single grape variety, a single terroir, the truth in a glass.

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