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NV Marc Hebrart Champagne Selection Brut Premier Cru 375ml

$29.99
NV Marc Hebrart Champagne Selection Brut Premier Cru 375ml

Marc Hébrart is one of the benchmark Grower Champagne estates of the Vallée de la Marne, and the Premier Cru Sélection Brut remains one of the best introductions to Jean-Paul Hébrart’s beautifully refined style, made with some excellent pinot and chardonnay. Jean-Paul took over from his father Marc in 1997 and today works roughly 15 hectares spread across an extraordinary collection of Premier and Grand Cru parcels, vinifying his many individual plots separately before blending. The Sélection is built around 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay from vines averaging more than 50 years old, with Pinot Noir coming primarily from Premier Cru Mareuil-sur-Aÿ and Avenay-Val-d’Or and Chardonnay from Mareuil-sur-Aÿ and Bisseuil. Fermentation and aging take place in stainless steel with full malolactic conversion, followed by roughly 30 months on the lees and a restrained dosage of 6 grams per liter. The result captures exactly what makes Hébrart so compelling: generous orchard and red-fruit character from the Pinot Noir, balanced by the lift and chalky freshness of Chardonnay, with pear, white peach, citrus, and raspberry joined by white flowers, almond, delicate pastry, and wet stone. The palate has real depth and vinosity, yet the mousse remains fine and the finish fresh, crystalline and distinctly mineral. This is approachable now, especially in half-bottle. Still, as we have noticed with many of the Hébrart Champagnes, they do very well with extra time in the bottle and have considerably more substance and complexity than most non-vintage Champagnes at this level. We have low pricing here today, and it's simply a great buy in this smaller format and one to stock up on!

 

Past reviews: 
John Gilman 91 points! "The current release of the from Jean-Paul Hébrart’s “Selection” bottling is from the base year of 2016, with forty percent of the cuvée comprised of reserve wines from the 2015 vintage. The cépages is seventy percent pinot noir and thirty percent chardonnay, with all of the vines contributing fruit for this bottling at least forty years of age. The vins clairs all go through malo and the wine was aged sur latte for three years prior to disgorgement in October of 2019. The nose offers up a fine blend of white peach, apple, sourdough bread, chalky soil tones and a topnote of spring flowers. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied and focused, with a good core, frothy mousse and fine length and grip on the complex finish. This is a fine bottle of non-vintage Brut, with the slightly higher percentage of chardonnay here giving the wine a more floral aspect than in the Cuvée de Réserve"
 
Antonio Galloni 90 points! "The NV Brut Sélection is 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay from old vines in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Avenay-Val-d'Or and Bisseuil. Creamy, ample and expressive, the Sélection exudes lovely balance and tons of class. Orchard fruit, spice and lemon confit all flesh out in this beautifully textured, inviting Champagne. This release is 60% 2016 and 40% 2015. Dosage is 7 grams per liter. Disgorged: November, 2019."

NV Marc Hebrart Champagne Selection Brut Premier Cru 375ml

NV Marc Hebrart Champagne Selection Brut Premier Cru 375ml

$29.99
$29.99
$29.99
$29.99


Marc Hébrart is one of the benchmark Grower Champagne estates of the Vallée de la Marne, and the Premier Cru Sélection Brut remains one of the best introductions to Jean-Paul Hébrart’s beautifully refined style, made with some excellent pinot and chardonnay. Jean-Paul took over from his father Marc in 1997 and today works roughly 15 hectares spread across an extraordinary collection of Premier and Grand Cru parcels, vinifying his many individual plots separately before blending. The Sélection is built around 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay from vines averaging more than 50 years old, with Pinot Noir coming primarily from Premier Cru Mareuil-sur-Aÿ and Avenay-Val-d’Or and Chardonnay from Mareuil-sur-Aÿ and Bisseuil. Fermentation and aging take place in stainless steel with full malolactic conversion, followed by roughly 30 months on the lees and a restrained dosage of 6 grams per liter. The result captures exactly what makes Hébrart so compelling: generous orchard and red-fruit character from the Pinot Noir, balanced by the lift and chalky freshness of Chardonnay, with pear, white peach, citrus, and raspberry joined by white flowers, almond, delicate pastry, and wet stone. The palate has real depth and vinosity, yet the mousse remains fine and the finish fresh, crystalline and distinctly mineral. This is approachable now, especially in half-bottle. Still, as we have noticed with many of the Hébrart Champagnes, they do very well with extra time in the bottle and have considerably more substance and complexity than most non-vintage Champagnes at this level. We have low pricing here today, and it's simply a great buy in this smaller format and one to stock up on!

 

Past reviews: 
John Gilman 91 points! "The current release of the from Jean-Paul Hébrart’s “Selection” bottling is from the base year of 2016, with forty percent of the cuvée comprised of reserve wines from the 2015 vintage. The cépages is seventy percent pinot noir and thirty percent chardonnay, with all of the vines contributing fruit for this bottling at least forty years of age. The vins clairs all go through malo and the wine was aged sur latte for three years prior to disgorgement in October of 2019. The nose offers up a fine blend of white peach, apple, sourdough bread, chalky soil tones and a topnote of spring flowers. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied and focused, with a good core, frothy mousse and fine length and grip on the complex finish. This is a fine bottle of non-vintage Brut, with the slightly higher percentage of chardonnay here giving the wine a more floral aspect than in the Cuvée de Réserve"
 
Antonio Galloni 90 points! "The NV Brut Sélection is 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay from old vines in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Avenay-Val-d'Or and Bisseuil. Creamy, ample and expressive, the Sélection exudes lovely balance and tons of class. Orchard fruit, spice and lemon confit all flesh out in this beautifully textured, inviting Champagne. This release is 60% 2016 and 40% 2015. Dosage is 7 grams per liter. Disgorged: November, 2019."

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