2021 Domaine Les Monts Fournois Coteaux Champenois
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Alip started making this cuvée in the 2020 vintage and only 800 bottles are available in the world. A medium straw color, the 2021 Coteaux Champenois Blanc is toasty and savory, with oak-inflected aromas and distinctly savory notes of Meyer lemon, toasted almond, yellow apples, and saline. Medium-bodied and mouthwatering, it’s spritely, tangy, and more bright and linear on the palate, with a savory application. People may rush to open this, but it deserves time to integrate and show its best. Drink 2025-2035.
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Restrained cedar wood on the nose with lemon peel, chalky minerality and white-pepper spice. The attack is zesty and almost sour with a smoky, toasty flavor. Medium-bodied with a long, glycerol aftertaste. Drink or hold.
The 2021 Coteaux Champenois is laced with hints of tangerine peel, white flowers and passion fruit. Airy and light on its feet, the 2021 is quite attractive, but also a bit fragile in its overall balance. That's not terribly surprising given how challenging this vintage was.