Champagne Thiénot x Penfolds Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru 2014 Gift Box
Penfolds
Champagne Thiénot x Penfolds Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru 2014 Gift Box
Penfolds
Champagne Thiénot x Penfolds Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru 2014 Gift Box
Overview
Overview
We have re-ignited our love affair with sparkling wine, a project Penfolds first explored on Australia soil in the early 1900’s. Now more than a century later, we set our sights on France and the region of Champagne. Partnering with Champagne Thiénot, a respected player in the world of Champagne, Penfolds has worked in tandem with their team to release an extraordinary 2014 Avize Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru. A Champagne released in Penfolds 180th anniversary year – worthy of celebrating our past, present, and future
NOTE: 2 Bottle limit per customer
| Varietal | Blanc De Blancs |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2014 |
| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne |
| Volume | 750 mL |
| Closure | Cork |
| Alc/Vol | 12% |
| Peak Drinking | Within five years to maintain style and vivacity, yet will age well beyond and transform … Your choice. |
| Winemaker | The Penfolds Team |
Taste Description
Taste Description
Nose
Generous and unabashed – a textbook Blanc de Blancs aromatic disrobing. From a country-garden orchard, ever-so-subtle wafts of peach fruits and suggestions of lemon/lime/grapefruit ascend. Yet more of the ‘lait’ seeks attention – yoghurt, crème-fraiche & crème brulée delights underpin minerality and verve. A sprinkling of light-grilled macadamia/Brazil-nut a reminder of many years in bottle sur lees. Still shy, much to be revealed for quite some time yet. But not quickly.
Flavours and Palate
Volume … with lightness and understatement. Long and lingering. Immediately fills the mouth yet still measured and contained. Finish is precision-tapered and defined. Pastry & brioche up-front. Citrus on finish with a brine “sapidity” signing off. Within - crème-brulée creaminess reappears and white flowers (acacia, fleur de lis – lily or iris?) prance unrestrained. Very expressive. Palatability – very light, very more-ish. The zeroes have it: zero MLF → liveliness & lift: zero dosage → not aggressive, avec perfect stance/poise. Prudent decisions, now validated.
Viticulture Vintage & Winemaking
Viticulture Vintage & Winemaking
The Penfolds Team
Key to the success of Penfolds has been a lineage of visionary winemakers. There have only ever been four Chief Winemakers at the helm of Penfolds – Max Schubert, Don Ditter, John Duval and Peter Gago, each a custodian of a rich winemaking tradition that goes back for more than 170 years.
Our current Penfolds winemaking team has more than 100 years between them as Penfolds winemakers. They are constantly refining and improving their work, whilst honouring the winemaking techniques of their predecessors.