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Lanson Black Label Brut Champagne

Champagne, France

Community Score: 4.5/5
Community Reviews: 11

Price: $54.95

Sweetness: Extra Dry
Alcohol: 12.5%

Drink: 2018-2022

Bottle size: 750 ml
Winery: Lanson

Greg Hughes rated this wine as 91/100 with the following review:

This Champagne is always a tremendous value. The blend in it is 50% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay, and 15% Pinot Meunier. It spent three years on its lees and spent a further 6 months aging before it hit the market. The produce also claims that there around ten different vintages blended to achieve the final cuvee.
It's a pretty pale straw colour. The bubbles are persistent and tiny.
It smells of baked lemon pastry, macintosh apples, pineapple, and baking spice.
The flavours are very typical Champagne. Tightly wound acidity and minerality spring out at you. It's delicate and approachable. Tropical fruit, lemon curd, and honey.
Great finish. Don't overchill it.
Marie Louise Lanson de Nonancourt, one of the celebrated widows of Champagne, was also responsible for raising Laurent Perrier from the dead, after the First World War. Her husband perished on the front and she was facing a dilemma of not being able to provide substantial inheritance. She purchased a failing Champagne company: Veuve Laurent Perrier et Cie and began to reinvest in its renewal.

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