Dosnon Recolte Noire Blanc de Noirs, Champagne, France NV Champagne Rose 98 Pts James Suckling

98 Pts James Suckling

reminiscent of black cherries

this 2006 had to transcend it

a hint of grapefruit and hints of green apple

crushed stone

Dosnon Recolte Noire Blanc de Noirs, Champagne, France NV Champagne Rose 98 Pts James SucklingRecolte Noire is a Blanc de Noirs made entirely from Pinot Noir with a minimum of two years aging in the bottle and with a dosage around 7g L. While most growers would put a Blanc de Noirs at the end of a tasting of their Champagnes Davy puts it near the start as Pinot on Kimmeridgian soils is delicate, filigreed and mineral. The Rcolte Noire certainly has all those characteristics along with a toastiness and elegance of fruit that resembles fresh