2012

Nicolas Maillart Champagne Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Les Chaillots Gillis

Tasted 2 September 2021 Champagne · Premier Cru

Though I do get how a more purist palate might find the wood treatment here to make for a more lush and sumptuous mouthfeel, I do find this to be a superbly executed BdB with enough requisite acidity to keep everything…

Read the full note

Producer: Nicolas Maillart
Wine: All vintages
Region: Champagne · Premier Cru
Grapes: Chardonnay
Record: 2012 Nicolas Maillart Champagne Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Les Chaillots Gillis

Tasting history

This bottle, other nights

14 August 2022 In a great spot right now. Fresh and succulent. This can age and develop tertiary flavors of course, but why wait?! 29 November 2020 Disgorged 02/2020. 100% Chardonnay. 0g/L dosage. From two old vine parcels planted in 1963.

Vertically

Other vintages of Nicolas Maillart Champagne Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Les Chaillots Gillis

All vintages →

2014

Keep going

More from Nicolas Maillart

All notes →

2014

Nicolas Maillart Champagne Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Les Chaillots Gillis

Champagne · Premier Cru

Strikingly better on Day 2. More depth and a broader flavor expansion. So, either hold for a few more years or give it plenty of air so it can fan out and deepen.

Reviewed 18 August 2024

2014

Nicolas Maillart Champagne Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Les Chaillots Gillis

Champagne · Premier Cru

Give this air. It is a billion times more elevated when it can stretch its legs a bit. Perhaps even a decant if you can keep it cold. The 2012 is still the one to beat, but this 2014 isn't anything…

Reviewed 20 June 2024

2018

Nicolas Maillart Champagne Premier Cru Mont Martin

Champagne · Premier Cru

Pours a salmon hue, resembling a Rosé in the glass. Somewhat aggressive bubbles, with no aromas in the nose at all. At first, this is notably bitter and extremely linear on the palate. (This needs…

Reviewed 21 October 2023

Discussion for members