Doyard Coteaux Champenois Blanc 'En Vieux Fombres', Champagne, France 2017 July End Sale Remarkably pure and focused on

Remarkably pure and focused on the palate with a long

Wood aging has added to the fruit tannins to give plenty of structure to go with the black-currant fruits

framed in lightly spicy and cedary oak influence

with the tight tannins of the slate soils—they are chalky and finer grained than the slightly coarser tannins from granite

plum preserves and cassis

Doyard Coteaux Champenois Blanc 'En Vieux Fombres', Champagne, France 2017 July End Sale Remarkably pure and focused onThe 2017 Coteaux Champenois Blanc En Vieux Fombrs has turned out nicely, offering up aromas of pear, walnuts, lemon, nutmeg and spices. Medium bodied, elegantly fleshy and incisive, it's bright and chalky, with a mineral, delicately oak inflected finish. 91 Pts Wine Advocate