2022 Adrien Renoir - Coteau Blanc VerzyColour : White Producer : Adrien Renoir Label Name : Coteau Blanc Verzy Country : France Region : Champagne Variety : Chardonnay Vintage : 2022 Capacity : 750 ml Standard Bottle Tasting Note : Produced by Adrien Renoir, one of the emerging generation of grower producers in Champagne, this Coteaux Champenois Blanc is sourced from vineyards in Verzy, a Grand Cru village on the Montagne de Reims. While the region is best known for sparkling wines, the

turning to honey and caramel

perfumed notes of framboise

Aromas of pie crust dough

outstanding concentration from the 2021 vintage and a very long

with fine fresh red berry and smoke notes

a Grand Cru village on the eastern Montagne de Reims whose Pinot Noir vineyards grow on chalk and clay soils at an altitude that tempers ripeness and preserves the natural acidity and mineral tension that are the hallmarks of great Montagne de Reims Champagne

operating his small domaine in Montigny-lès-Arsures in the Arbois appellation until his retirement in 2014

It has a wonderful bouquet of degraded red berry fruit

with a lively core of fruit framed by sweet

with expressive black cherry fruit and a firmly built

James Suckling described the 2020 as having “full body and a powerful

vineyard care and oak management