NV Pierre Peters Extra Brut

Based on the 2019 vintage and disgorged with only two grams per liter dosage, Péters's NV Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru offers up attractive aromas of sweet stone fruits, freshly baked bread, honeycomb and citrus zest. Medium to full-bodied, pillowy and incisive, its unusual concentration and persistence are testimony to the quality of the base vintage.

Fine wine from Le Mesnil has skipped from Fields, Morris & Verdin to Liberty Wines. Base wines from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Oger, Cramant and Avize. The Extra Brut was aged for a minimum of 36 months on lees before release and received a dosage of 2 g/l. There is a QR code on the back which tells me this blend is based on the 2017 vintage, plus older wines from Rodolphe Péters' perpetual researve, and was disgorged in October 2020. Light, transparent nose. Very readable and transparent wine. Lifted with an impact that builds on the finish but is almost unnoticeable on the nose initially. So, so different from the Moëts just tasted! This is a sort of Chablis of Champagne … but is not uncomfortably dry and tart with a light yeastiness on the finish. There's something distinctly floral about it. Even pretty. Though it's not cheap.

The NV (2013) Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs is a picture perfect example of the vintage, with a striking interplay of rich, tropically-leaning fruit with bright, salivating acids. Pineapple, mango, chalk and jasmine are some of the many notes that give the 2013 its distinctly exotic personality. The Blanc de Blancs is the same wine as the Esprit, but released earlier. In other words, this is a vintage Champagne from a great year released as a NV. Don’t miss it. Dosage is 2 grams per liter. Disgorged March 2017.