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2008 Moncuit Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Millesime Grand Cru Champagne - 6x75cl
19A8MEBMI6PK _ 2008 - Moncuit Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Millesime Grand Cru Champagne - 6x75cl
  • Colour Champagne_Sparkling
  • Producer Pierre Moncuit
  • Region Champagne
  • Drinking 2020 - 2030
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now

2008 - Moncuit Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Millesime Grand Cru Champagne - 6x75cl

  • Colour Champagne Sparkling
  • Producer Pierre Moncuit
  • Region Champagne
  • Drinking 2020 - 2030
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £469.24 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £78.20 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £375.00 In Bond
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  • Vinous, November 2020, Score: 94

    Moncuit's Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Millesimé shows a different facet of its personality in this version, with lower dosage vis-à-vis the Brut version. Here the flavors are brighter and more sculpted throughout. Hints of toastiness, almond and tangerine oil add an exotic flair that makes the Extra Brut absolutely beguiling. Lower dosage seems to exalt the minerality and bright acids of the year, while pushing the fruit a bit into the background. Both Brut and Extra Brut bottlings are terrific; choosing among them comes down to personal preference. Dosage is grams per liter. Disgorged November 2020.

Producer

Pierre Moncuit

Region

Champagne

Champagne, the world's greatest sparkling wine, needs little introduction - with imitations produced in virtually every country capable of growing grapes, including such unlikely candidates as India and China. The Champagne region, to the north of Paris, has the most northerly vineyards in France, with vines grown on slopes with a southerly exposure to maximise sunlight. The soil is chalky, providing an excellent balance of drainage and water retention. The key to the wine is in the cellar - the bubbles result from a second fermentation in the bottle and the rich toasty flavours in great Champagne come from extended bottle ageing on the yeasty lees. Until the eighteenth century, the wines produced in the Champagne area were light acidic white wines, with no hint of sparkle. However glass and closure technology developed at that time and it was not long before Dom Perignon, a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Hautvilliers, started experimenting with blends and produced the first recognisable champagne. In a world accustomed to still wines, the advent of champagne was almost a flop. It was saved when it became fashionable at the French court as a result of Louis XV's mistress Madame de Pompadour commenting "Champagne is the only wine that lets a woman remain beautiful after she has drunk it." And the rest is history, with famous (or infamous) champagne lovers including Casanova, Dumas, Wagner, Winston Churchill, James Bond and Coco Chanel.

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