Pierre Peters - Brut Blanc de Blancs Millesime L'Esprit Grand Cru 2018

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Rodolphe Péters, the family’s 4th-generation to lead this iconic grower producer, makes some of the greatest Blanc de Blancs in Champagne today. He only produces ‘Millésime’ when vintage conditions are ideal.

Péters’s vintage brut is blended from the four grand cru villages of Le Mesnil, Oger, Avize and Cramant, although Le Mesnil always accounts for the largest percentage. Each vineyard contributes its own distinctive flavors to the wonderfully complex Champagne. White fruit and floral notes, zestly citrus and minerality, white spice and a touch of licorice all come together.

Pierre Peters Description

The Pierre Péters estate, situated in the heart of the "Côte des Blancs" in the village of Le Mesnil sur Oger, has been a family house for six generations and has produced Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Champagnes since 1919. We do everything possible to express the chalky soil of our great terroirs as passionate craftsmen.

Champagne grower-producer, our wines come exclusively from our own vineyards. Our house currently operates just over 19 hectares of Chardonnay, mainly located in the communes of Le Mesnil sur Oger, Oger, Avize and Cramant.

Our family has developed from generation to generation, its own selection of grapes (mass selection). We have been able to maintain and age vineyards which are now 30-years old on average. Each year in respect of the environment, we adapt our cultivation methods to obtain healthy grapes so that our Champagne expresses more precisely the richness, subtlety and the elegance of the great "terroirs" of the Côte des Blancs.

Wine Advocate: 92 Points

Charming and pillowy, the 2018 Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Millésime L’Esprit de 2018 bursts with notes of peach, nectarine and white flowers mingled with freshly baked bread, warm biscuits and subtle hints of citrus zest. Medium-bodied, bright and racy, it's a fine-boned, elegant Champagne that concludes with a chalky finish.-William Kelley, The Wine Advocate

Vinous: 91 Points

The L'Esprit de 2018 is a very pretty wine that shows the natural complexity of a Champagne that has spent a few years in bottle. Floral and light on its feet, the 2018 also reflects a vintage with higher yields in its mid-weight structure. Lemon peel, white flowers, mint, sage, and almond are all nicely layered. The 2018 is not terribly complex or deep, but it is immensely charming. Disgorged: November 2022. - Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media