NV Suenen Champagne C+C Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Extra Brut

The Grand Cru blend from Aurélien Suenen will eventually be given a cuvée name, as it is forbidden to use the names of two grand crus on the label. 2013 will be the first vintage for this bottling, though it will not be labeled as a vintage-dated wine. This is still very young, but has enormous potential, as it wafts from the glass in a youthful and precise aromatic blend of pear, delicious apple, chalky minerality, smoke and a floral topnote redolent of fruit blossoms. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and rock solid at the core, with bright acids, great length and grip, superb mousse and budding complexity on the impeccable finish. This will be a dynamite wine in a few years’ time. 2020-2040+. Gilman 92-94.