2012 | Leclerc-Briant | Chateau d'Avize Blanc de Blancs Brut Zero

Smells fresh with lemon and soft floral scents. Delicate and refined, this is crips, sharp and piercing yet also layered and rich. Bitter lemon rind mixes with honeyed orange and some pie crust savoury elements to give real character. A little bit woody still, just peeking out, in contrast to the fruit, still showing its youthfulness. After a few minutes all the flavours seem much brighter in the glass, more evocative and expressive. Thrillingly precise, dry and crisp.

Producer Information

Champagne Leclerc Briant is an American-owned Champagne producer based in the town of Épernay, in the heart of the Champagne region and in the Vallée de la Marne subregion. The house was initially established in the village of Cumières, just northwest of Épernay in 1872 by Lucien Leclerc. The business moved into Épernay in 1955, at around the same time company moved from straighforward Champagne producer to that of a négoce (buying-in grapes and wines for production). The name change to Leclerc Briant also dates back to this time with then-proprietor Bertrand Leclerc (the third generation at the helm since 1872) marrying Jacqueline Briant. The house was acquired in 2012 by private-equity billionaire (and former Domino's pizza CEO) Mark Nunnelly and his wife Denise Dupré, a former Harvard Adjunct Faculty Member and board member of Boston University. Leclerc Briant is run by CEO Frédéric Zeimett. As well as working with a range of growers across the region, the estate also boasts a tiny plot of vines in central Épernay, dubbed "La Croisette". Grapes from this vineyard are made into a single vineyard label. In all, the house produces three main ranges: the "Classiques" (Réserve Brut, Rosé Extra Brut, Millésime Extra Brut, Rosé de Saignée Extra Brut and Blanc de Blancs); the Single Vineyard range (which can vary but often includes Premier and Grand Cru fruit as well as the La Croisette label); and the "Spécialités (a range of cuvées and special-release wines).

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