Franck Bonville - Champagne Grand Cru Cuvée Les Belles Voyes 2016 (Pre-arrival) (750ml)

Wine Advocate 95+
"Crafted from the oldest Chardonnay planted in the lieu-dit Les Belles Voyes in the commune of Oger, the 2016 Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Les Belles Voyes reveals a pure, complex bouquet of white fruits, vanilla pod, spices, spring blossoms and menthol. Medium to full-bodied and with a satiny attack, it's layered and creamy, with a vinous core of fruit, enhanced by a chalky, pure and elegant finish. Vinified in barrels, which brings a lovely toasty, spicy aftertaste, it was disgorged with a dosage of 2.5 grams per liter."
Rosenthal Wine Merchant
'The crown jewel of Bonville’s holdings is a 0.8-hectare parcel of 1960-planted Chardonnay in “Les Belles Voyes,” a hilltop vineyard in the grand cru Oger situated at the border of the grand cru Le Mesnil sur Oger. This cuvée—Bonville’s only wine which sees oak—spends eight months aging in used barrels before being bottled for its secondary fermentation. The chalk layer at this high point on the hillside is three to four meters deep (compared to around one meter in Avize), and this—along with the texture-enhancing barrel regimen—imparts a strikingly gripping, driving, billowing character to the palate. This release spent nearly eight years on the lees and was given a dosage of 6.7 grams per liter."