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 Chiquet
Carte Verte,
45% Meunier
35% Chardonnay
20% Pinot Noir
Chiquets have vineyards in Hautvillers, Mareuil-sur-Ay and in Ay, from which they make what is probably the only all-Chardonnay Champagne to emerge from this Pinot Noir town.
Dosage is 9.5 grams per liter. The current cuvee is 76% 1997 and 24% 1996. The
vines average 25 years old. This is just lovely Champagne; fine fragrance of
oleander and mimosa, and the palate has the grace and detail of 1997. Another
lovely N.V. from Chiquet. 92 points Wine Spectator.
Price: $40.00. To order click here:
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Gaston Chiquet Brut Champagne, Blanc de Blanc
This is one of only two all-Chardonnay Champagnes made from Ay
vineyards. The vines were planted in 1935 by Nicolas' grandfather, who may have
been the first to plant Chardonnay in this bastion of Pinot Noir. The first time
I tasted it I got a lesson in terroir I haven't forgotten. There was an aroma
I'd come to associate with other Ay-influenced Champagnes, Gosset, Bollinger, a
couple of small growers I know, an Ay aroma that actually overcame the
Chardonnay aroma. Fruit runs to quince rather than Chardonnay-apple. The current
cuvee is all 1997, and it smells oh-so-good! Blossom, spice, lemon-creme, wet
hay; the nicest fragrance yet from this wine; the palate is complex, classy and
airily transparent and elegant but high-bred and racy. A new high; swank to the
MAX!
Price: $31.66. To order click here: Out
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Gaston Chiquet Brut Champagne Blanc de Blanc 1996 1.5L
MAGNUM
Price: $69.77. To order click here: Out of
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