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Champagne Suenen C + C Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru (Base 20 Disg. Jun 2023)

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Champagne Suenen C + C Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru (Base 20 Disg. Jun 2023)
Producer Champagne Suenen
Region, Country Champagne, France
Bottle Size 750ml
Product Code 23406-750

2020 base with 45% reserve wines from 2013 to 2019. The C + C Blanc de Blancs is blended from nine parcels across north and south-facing hillsides in Cramant and Chouilly, including Les Robarts and Le Mont-Aigu. The oldest vines date back to 1951. The average depth of the soils of these parcels is marginally deeper than Oiry, with silty clay overlaying the chalk. In Suenen’s plots on Cramant’s eastern slope—Les Robarts, Les Basses Croix, Les Fourches du Nord, Les Vignes de Mardu—the soils measure one metre before the roots meet the chalk. In Chouilly, it’s closer to 60 cm.

The blend is split between Cramant (70%) and Chouilly (30%). Although tempted to bottle each village separately, Suenen has found the two villages work even better as a blend. The textural finesse of Cramant marries perfectly with Chouilly's more layered personality. Again, the wine aged on lees for nine months in enamelled tank (50%) and used Burgundy oak barrels and demi-muid. It then aged for 30 months in bottle with no fining, filtration or cold stabilisation. It was disgorged in June 2023 with a dosage of 4 g/L. The extra depth of the soils, along with a good dose of southern exposure, makes for a creamier, more cushioned texture than the Oiry above. And yet, the wine retains all the overflowing energy and head-scratching precision that has become this grower’s calling card. 

Champagne Suenen C + C Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru (Base 20 Disg. Jun 2023)

Reviews

“The NV Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs C + C Grand Cru gets its name from Chouilly and Cramant, the villages where the Chardonnay was picked. The nose presents yellow apple peel with a sheen of waxiness and a sense of dried ears of wheat and a touch of ocean air. Saltiness is immediate on the slender palate, where concentration gives a sense of salted apple flesh, wet oyster shell and deep chalk. Slender, earthy, intense and deeply oceanic. Fruit subsides to let soil speak.”
94 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous

Reviews

“The NV Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs C + C Grand Cru gets its name from Chouilly and Cramant, the villages where the Chardonnay was picked. The nose presents yellow apple peel with a sheen of waxiness and a sense of dried ears of wheat and a touch of ocean air. Saltiness is immediate on the slender palate, where concentration gives a sense of salted apple flesh, wet oyster shell and deep chalk. Slender, earthy, intense and deeply oceanic. Fruit subsides to let soil speak.”
94 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous

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