Tasted 19 September 2026
Champagne · Premier Cru Purchased
Apple cider all the way around. Heavy and sluggish. This particular bottle is even more advanced than the last. Oxidized and juicy to the point of being overly apple-y, this Le Cran is more Mott’s than it is Bereche.…
I’ve been drilling through these 10+ year old Le Crans lately as I’ve unfortunately started to see a fairly steep declination in this particular bottling’s evolution in terms of desired freshness and…
This bottle was slightly more sluggish out of the gate compared to the bottle I had six months ago. A bead of minerality saves it from becoming too heavy, but the prominent ripe apple core is full…
A downshift since my last bottle a couple of years ago, this bottle is dominated by the ripe red apple flesh note that, especially with extended air, turns it into an overly apple juice-driven…
