Philippe Lancelot Fine - Fleur 2016

A golden robe with pearlescent highlights and a fine, persistent bead. The nose offers beautiful complexity: warm brioche, candied lemon zest, baked apple and a pronounced iodine-tinged, saline minerality. On the palate, the attack is crisp and linear; the mid-palate reveals golden apple, fresh…

The structure of this champagne

TASTING NOTES

A golden robe with pearlescent highlights and a fine, persistent bead. The nose offers beautiful complexity: warm brioche, candied lemon zest, baked apple and a pronounced iodine-tinged, saline minerality. On the palate, the attack is crisp and linear; the mid-palate reveals golden apple, fresh ginger and citrus zest, leading to a remarkably long, fresh and energetic finish.

The composition

About this house

Philippe Lancelot represents the fifth generation of a winegrowing family established in Cramant, a village rated 100% grand cru on the Côte des Blancs. Taking over the estate in 2008, he tends his 4.5 hectares according to biodynamic principles, certified Organic Agriculture since 2014 and Demeter & Biodyvin since 2015, vinifying without added sulphur to reveal the purest expression of each plot.

His artisan vigneron philosophy translates into controlled yields, harvesting at optimal ripeness and a policy of non-intervention in the cellar. Each cuvée is produced in confidential quantities — the Fine Fleur 2016 exists in just 4,174 bottles — to preserve the rigour and singularity of each terroir expressed.

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