SKU: 16645
Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Brut Cuis 1er Cru
#63 Wine Spectator Top 100 2024- ws93
- we92
750ml Can
$73.99
Category | Sparkling Wine |
Varietal | |
Brand | Pierre Gimonnet & Fils |
Origin | France, Champagne, Côte des Blancs |
Lively, airy, salivating, technically perfect... This cuvee "Brut non-vintage Cuis 1er Cru" represents the archetype of the Pierre Gimonnet & Fils style.
In order to do this, during harvest, we separate all juice from different terroir in different tanks. After 6-8 months those wines are clear, we taste them and we blended wine of the year with reserve wines to repeat over the year the style we expect.
To succeed with this delicate and fundamental step, the house of Pierre Gimonnet & Fils has chosen to keep all its reserve wines in bottles (on fine lees) and not in tanks or in casks. This method gives more freshness (less oxidation) and more mature (autolysis) in wines. This method is very rare in Champagne. We are the only winemaker in Champagne to keep all our reserve wines in bottles, and has been since 1982.
Wine Spectator
- ws93
#63 Wine Spectator Top 100 2024
There's a subtle succulence to this graceful Champagne, framing flavors of peach skin, ripe pear, Marcona almond and orchard blossoms. The fine, detailed mousse is raw silklike in texture. Finishes with minerally fleur de sel and oyster shell notes. Disgorged December 2023. Drink now through 2029. 2,000 cases imported.
Wine Enthusiast
- we92
With its crisp apple fruit and touch of citrus, this initially seems to be merely fruit. Then, slowly, richness and a sense of maturity emerge to create a wine that is complex, full and rich. Open this an hour before pouring.