WINE ADVOCATE 99 POINTS-"Disgorged this year after 60 months on the lees, the NV Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Roises (2016) is brilliant, offering up complex aromas of confit orange, peach, citrus blossom, nutmeg and freshly baked bread, followed by a full-bodied, satiny and layered palate that's broader and more textural than Les Enfers, its deep core of fruit underpinned by racy acids and chalky structure. As I remarked on the wine's palpable levels of dry extract, Collin observed that due to the smaller size of the grapes Les Roises produces (due to fan leaf virus, or court-noué), he's obliged to press harder to liberate the juice, delivering simultaneously more dry extract and a slightly higher pH than adjacent Les Enfers. In addition to the supplemental concentration those smaller berries provide, this surely helps to explain some of the wine's texture and body.
VINOUS WINE MEDIA 96 POINTS-The NV Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Roises (2015 base) captures all of the signatures of the house style in its vinous intensity and resonance. Readers will find a Blanc de Blancs that balances the natural generosity of this site with that extra touch of energy from the Extra-Brut style. I would give the 2015 a year or two in bottle, as it is still recovering from its disgorgement about six months ago. Apricot, chamomile, dried pear, smoke and light touches of floral honey linger. Disgorged: March 1, 2020."
"Les Roises, made its debut in the 2008 vintage, and was released in late 2012. This 60-are parcel in Congy is planted with Chardonnay vines that are now 60 years old, and the soils here are deeper than those of Les Pierrières, with about 80 to 120 centimeters of topsoil above the bedrock of chalk. The vines here are affected by Court-noué (a pathogenic vine virus), giving the fruit an unusual concentration, and the grapes typically attain a high level of ripeness: part of this is due to the parcel's south-facing exposition, but also, Court-noué causes the plant's leaves to be smaller, resulting in greater exposure of the grapes to sunlight."
VINOUS WINE MEDIA 96 POINTS-The NV Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Roises (2015 base) captures all of the signatures of the house style in its vinous intensity and resonance. Readers will find a Blanc de Blancs that balances the natural generosity of this site with that extra touch of energy from the Extra-Brut style. I would give the 2015 a year or two in bottle, as it is still recovering from its disgorgement about six months ago. Apricot, chamomile, dried pear, smoke and light touches of floral honey linger. Disgorged: March 1, 2020."
"Les Roises, made its debut in the 2008 vintage, and was released in late 2012. This 60-are parcel in Congy is planted with Chardonnay vines that are now 60 years old, and the soils here are deeper than those of Les Pierrières, with about 80 to 120 centimeters of topsoil above the bedrock of chalk. The vines here are affected by Court-noué (a pathogenic vine virus), giving the fruit an unusual concentration, and the grapes typically attain a high level of ripeness: part of this is due to the parcel's south-facing exposition, but also, Court-noué causes the plant's leaves to be smaller, resulting in greater exposure of the grapes to sunlight."
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