Gimonnet Gonet L'Identite Blanc de Blancs Champagne Grand Cru 2014 (750ml) Maranges Premier Cru

Gimonnet Gonet L'Identite Blanc de Blancs Champagne Grand Cru 2014 (750ml) Maranges Premier CruThe 2014 L'Identit Grand Cru Brut is produced from 100% Chardonnay from Cramant and Le Mesnil sur Oger. Overall, the 2014 vintage was challenging. The growing season started good with a warm, dry spring, though the summer through August was cool and particularly damp. September proved to be warm and dry and Chardonnay in the Ctes des Blancs produced some exceptional wines. Mid gold color with lemon highlights and a complex nose of white flowers, ripe

toasted sandalwood

it drinks beautifully now yet ages gracefully for years

an aromatic blend with hints of scent running from cassis to vanilla with strong hints of prune and wild cherry

The intense nose offers pleasing notes of ripe blackberries

this lovely field blend has subtle reduction

offering up dark notes of dark plums

A blend of malbec

This is is an unoaked chardonnay

Wine Spectator: 96 Points

The Jesse’s Grove “Royal T” vineyard was struck on its own roots in sandy silt river-overflow soils formed during the last 100

Malolactic fermentation:

the grapes are vinified in concrete and stainless steel tanks for 3 to 4 weeks