2014 Pierre Moncuit Champagne Grand Cru Millésime Extra-Brut is a beautiful and focused Blanc de Blancs from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, one of the greatest Chardonnay villages in Champagne. The Moncuit family has farmed in Le Mesnil since the late 19th century and began bottling estate Champagne in the early 1950s, with Nicole Moncuit now guiding the winemaking in a pure, vintage-focused, stainless-steel-driven style. This cuvée is 100% Grand Cru Chardonnay, produced from a single vintage, with no reserve wine, full malolactic fermentation, and extended lees aging, giving it both a creamy texture and the chalky precision that defines top Mesnil fruit. The 2014 vintage was a cooler, classically structured year, and this Extra-Brut release leans into that profile with tension, salinity, citrus, white flowers, orchard fruit, and a firm mineral finish. This is exactly the kind of bottle that makes Pierre Moncuit such a great stop for grower Champagne, showing Mesnil clarity and expression at this great pricing!
James Suckling 95 points! "Dry and chalky, showing sliced-apple, dried-lemon and stone aromas and flavors. Medium-bodied with fine, integrated bubbles. Caressing texture and a long, delicious finish. Really refined and sophisticated. 100% chardonnay. Blanc de blancs. Dosage 3 g/L. Disgorged February 2025. Drink now."
2014 Pierre Moncuit Champagne Grand Cru Millésime Extra-Brut
2014 Pierre Moncuit Champagne Grand Cru Millésime Extra-Brut
2014 Pierre Moncuit Champagne Grand Cru Millésime Extra-Brut is a beautiful and focused Blanc de Blancs from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, one of the greatest Chardonnay villages in Champagne. The Moncuit family has farmed in Le Mesnil since the late 19th century and began bottling estate Champagne in the early 1950s, with Nicole Moncuit now guiding the winemaking in a pure, vintage-focused, stainless-steel-driven style. This cuvée is 100% Grand Cru Chardonnay, produced from a single vintage, with no reserve wine, full malolactic fermentation, and extended lees aging, giving it both a creamy texture and the chalky precision that defines top Mesnil fruit. The 2014 vintage was a cooler, classically structured year, and this Extra-Brut release leans into that profile with tension, salinity, citrus, white flowers, orchard fruit, and a firm mineral finish. This is exactly the kind of bottle that makes Pierre Moncuit such a great stop for grower Champagne, showing Mesnil clarity and expression at this great pricing!
James Suckling 95 points! "Dry and chalky, showing sliced-apple, dried-lemon and stone aromas and flavors. Medium-bodied with fine, integrated bubbles. Caressing texture and a long, delicious finish. Really refined and sophisticated. 100% chardonnay. Blanc de blancs. Dosage 3 g/L. Disgorged February 2025. Drink now."
