John Gilman 94+ pts! The 2018 vintage of Benoît Marguet’s villages level bottling of Ambonnay is composed from a blend of sixty-three percent pinot noir and thirty-seven percent chardonnay. It was disgorged in February of 2023 after three and a half years aging sur latte. The wine is still young, but already very easy to drink, offering up a bright and beautifully complex bouquet of white peach, apple, a complex base of minerality, fresh almond, pâtissière, dried flowers, gentle oakiness and a nice touch of incipient smokiness in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and nascently complex, with a lovely core of fruit, superb mineral undertow, refined mousse and a long, poised and seamlessly balanced finish. Though this is tasty right out of the blocks, there is little doubt that a half dozen years in the cellar will unlock further layers of complexity. (Drink between 2023 - 2060)
2018 Marguet Champagne Grand Cru Ambonnay
2018 Marguet Champagne Grand Cru Ambonnay
$79.99
$79.99
John Gilman 94+ pts! The 2018 vintage of Benoît Marguet’s villages level bottling of Ambonnay is composed from a blend of sixty-three percent pinot noir and thirty-seven percent chardonnay. It was disgorged in February of 2023 after three and a half years aging sur latte. The wine is still young, but already very easy to drink, offering up a bright and beautifully complex bouquet of white peach, apple, a complex base of minerality, fresh almond, pâtissière, dried flowers, gentle oakiness and a nice touch of incipient smokiness in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and nascently complex, with a lovely core of fruit, superb mineral undertow, refined mousse and a long, poised and seamlessly balanced finish. Though this is tasty right out of the blocks, there is little doubt that a half dozen years in the cellar will unlock further layers of complexity. (Drink between 2023 - 2060)
