Adrien Dhondt Champagne Grand Cru Les Potées Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
Tasted 3 January 2025
Champagne · Grand Cru
Bunches of water-sprayed herbs lead the attack, with fresh tarragon, oregano, and mint, encasing the lemon, flint, chalk, yuzu, white melon rind, white/yellow pear, and limestone notes. The striking minerality couples…
A much more wiry profile than the Coullemets, the Chetillon highlights chiseled precision and striking minerality at the moment. This is a wine of promise, but it's in less of a mood to show much…
Shows youthfully linear and bracketed at first pass, but then the wonderful core fruit flavors of yellow pear, Squirt, lemon, lime pith, honeydew, and yellow apple flesh shine through. Persistent…
Bangin' again! Excellent volume-to-freshness ratio and balance. A lot of lemon and crème fraiche jumping off here, with similar but more serious elements of lemon juice/zest/pith, white…
