David Leclapart Champagne Premier Cru L'Apôtre Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut
Tasted 12 November 2025
Champagne · Premier Cru
Found a few more of these randomly at an auction (1st of 3). I was a little concerned because the fill level on this bottle was slightly lower than the other two in the batch. Crisis averted, as the nose was a beautiful…
As before, deftly placed flavors of ginger and spice are given volume and weight from apple, pear, grilled lemon, limestone, and honey notes. With air, this balances out quite wonderfully, with what…
Ginger, spice, pear, grilled lemon, honey, coriander, and yellow and red apple flavors delivering a distinctly Pinot Noir-driven profile. Notable intensity, but cradled by a finesse that seems to be…
Once again, a stellar performance. I very much appreciate the freshness here that counterbalances the seriousness of the 100% Pinot Noir profile. Barrel spice is in check (which has sometimes been a…
