2015 Franck Bonville "Belles Voyes" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
95RP
94VN
$119.99
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Wine Advocate
Reviewed November 2023Disgorged with a dosage of five grams per liter in April 2023, the 2015 Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Les Belles Voyes comes from the estate’s oldest vines in the village of Oger. It delivers a smoky, deep bouquet with aromas of flowers, lemon oil, ripe orchard fruit and pastry combined with a slightly reductive character. Mineral and vinous, the Champagne on the palate is medium to full-bodied with a mouthwatering, phenolic and chalk-driven finish. It promises graceful aging over the forthcoming five to eight years. (YC)
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Professional Reviews
94
Vinous
The 2015 Extra Brut Les Belles Voyes Grand Cru is a blanc de blancs picked in Oger and vinified in oak. This accounts for the immediate creaminess on the nose which comes with an overtone of soy and white miso. The golden wine is brisk and has lively bubbles and shows proper tension, an achievement in 2015. There is a lovely chalky backdrop and immense, bright freshness and no overt oak flavor. The lip-smacking lemony finish is lasting, so clean and super-chalky - just what you want from a blanc de blancs. Dosage is 5gr/L. Disgorged: February, 2023. (AK)
JR
Jancis Robinson
100% Chardonnay from a single 0.8-ha vineyard planted at the top of Oger, close to the border of Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. Vinified in oak barrels of which less than 10% are new (most are seven or eight years old). Dosage 6.7 g/l.
A central horizontal line of acidity, drawing remarkable savouriness in its wake: buckwheat crisp, salty, light-rye sourdough. To begin with, more herbal and spicy than any sense of fruit: roasted-rice sencha, tarragon grassiness, cracked coriander seeds. But then the fruit starts to well up through the middle and grapefruit and white peach pull taut into the finish. A very complex, distinctive and dynamic wine. Requires your full attention. 17.5/20 points (TC)
Notes
This is one of the best Champagnes we carry, regardless of price. Made from the one-and-three-quarters-acre Belles Voyes vineyard in Oger, this is Bonville's top of the line Champagne. The vines were planted in the late '20s or early '30s and the vineyard is ideally located in the mid slope of this Grand Cru village. (Gary Westby, K&L Champagne buyer)
Details
| Type | Sparkling Wine |
|---|---|
| Varietal | Chardonnay |
| Origin | Champagne, France |
| Bottle Size | 750 mL |
| Alcohol Content | 12.5% |
| SKU | 1660203 |