2015 Suenen Champagne Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Les Robarts Extra Brut (Pre-arrival)

The 2015 Champagne Cramant Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Les Robarts Extra Brut is a pale straw color and is pure and inviting, with ripe green apple, quince, and crushed stone. It is crystalline on the palate, with pinpoint mousse, and although it is ripe and concentrated, it retains freshness and a fantastically pure nature. The energy that is captured from this site is outstanding. Drink 2023-2040. (Drink between 2023-2040)

John Gilman 95+ – “The lieu à dit bottling of les Robarts from the village of Cramant is also absolutely stunning, with this vintage having been finished with three grams per liter of dosage in 2015. The wine received a similar elevage of nine months in cask prior to bottling for secondary

89 fermentation and was also disgorged in October of 2021. The bouquet here is already beautifully expressive, wafting from the glass in a mix of pear, apple, hazelnut, chalky minerality, gentle smokiness, brioche and delicate oak tones. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, crisp and complex, with a great core, superb mineral drive, elegant mousse and a long, classy and mineral-driven finish. This is going to demand a bit more time in the cellar before its acids relax and the wine starts to drink with generosity on the palate.”