David Leclapart, L'Apotre Blanc Blancs Premier Cru Extra Brut

David Leclapart, L'Apotre Blanc Blancs Premier Cru Extra BrutSuper fresh pastry and bready aromas with vibrant lemons and limes, as well as sappy pears. The palate delivers a very taut and restrained array of ruby grapefruit and lemons in a flavorsome but dry style. Love the tension here. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.

(67% whole clusters)

while in upper-Pradikat realms

4% Petit Verdot

I believe this was made a good five years before the Moueixes took over the château next to Ausone previously known as Bélair

Blackberries with aromas of white peppers and chili peppers

It is every bit as remarkable as my comments suggest

complemented by stimulating minerality and juicy acids

and although I still bought a financially irresponsible amount of wine

with plenty of tannins and oak-related flavors

(75% of the blend derives from 35+ year old vines in Les Barreaux and the remainder from 60+ year old vines in Aux Communes)

I very much like the texture to the nicely dense medium-bodied flavors that possess a noticeably finer mouthfeel if not the same power on the bone-dry

Drink 2015-2020