Champagne: Bonville Franck – Champagne “Pur Avize” 2012

Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs. Bonville släppte för något år sedan tre nya prestige-årgångschampagner. All tre producerade från deras Grand Cru-fält i tre olika byar: Mesnil, Avize, och Oger – vinerna heter “pur Mesnil”, “pur Avize”, och “pur Oger”. Alla tre är mycket bra. Torr – 2 gram restsocker / liter. Pur Avize har precis fått 92 poäng av Robert Parker: The 2012 Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Pur Avize is a bright colored Côte des Blancs with a terrific deep and aromatic bouquet of smooth chalk, juicy tropical fruit and lemon notes. Lush and refined on the palate, this is a light, fresh yet complex, highly elegant and perfectly balanced Chardonnay with juicy fruit, delicately creamy texture and a pure, vitalizing finish with lingering pineapple and brioche flavors. This is a picture-book aperitif Champagne from Avize! Picked and pressed on September 22nd, bottled in April 2013, aged under cork and disgorged as Extra Brut with just two grams of dosage per liter in April 2018.