Blanc De Blancs vs Blanc De Noirs: Ultimate Single Varietal CHAMPAGNE Tasting

[@dublodave7860]

Hi Agnese, Champagne Tarlant made a pure Meunier, I was fortunate to be given three of the first 60 bottles they made way back in the late 1990's, at that time it was made from 50 year old vines and was amazing. Their current offering is simply superb and well worth searching out. Champagne Aubry make a champagne with the other permitted grape varieties including Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Arbanne, and Petit Meslier, a wonderful wine.

[@NoSediment]

I actually was considering to adding Tarlant on this tasting list. But as I said - I take any chance to open Chartogne Taillet! 😎🍾🥂

[@slowmotion404]

Great video, please do a video on the less talked about grapes of Champagne. Just purchased a bottle made from Grenache, excited to try!!

[@juanmanuelmunozhernandez7032]

Absolutely, it'd be both geeky and luxurious given it's Champagne. Cheers!

[@zaphod333]

You may have purchased a bottle made from Grenache, but it's definitely not Champagne. If it says so, you've been f'd over.

[@jpdonovan3753]

Such a great video. Educational and fun. Thanks, Agnese!

[@NoSediment]

Happy to hear You like it! That is the whole point! 🙌

[@ciciollo1]

Hi Agnes, personally I love A blanc de noir Champagne..but is just me. I love a lot cava's too...without Chardonnay. But..I tried a 100% Verdicchio brut riserva from Garofoli (42 month on yeasts) and for me is a hell of bubbles for that price. Super clip as usual..thanks for sharing. Cheers

[@magiccarpet1850]

Excellent say on small producers giving bigger ones a run for their money! Please interview all small producers.

[@NoSediment]

Whenever I am back in Champagne I will try to do that! Cheers! 🥂

[@daniellindegaard7542]

Great video as always 😊 it would also be interesting to see you do a dive into the champenois 😃

[@NoSediment]

Thank You. 🙏🏻 I do think I have made a video about winemaking of Champagne. But maybe explaining different regions of Champagne would also be exciting! 🫡

[@andrewkarl5174]

Francis Orban makes a couple of wines with menuire, an extra brut, and a Rose, both delicious. I love Dosnon, and was lucky to have visited them, that was the most amazing tasting ever. They treated us like rock stars. Also in the Aube is, Pillot, they make a fantastic wine 100% Pinot Blanc. Love your videos.

[@NoSediment]

Thank You for Your suggestions. I haven’t been at Dosnon, but I have added them in my list now! 🙌🙌 Cheers! 🥂

[@LeviJannis]

The Aube single-parcel pinot noir from the Largillier plot of Jerome Coessens is worth seeking out! Guillaume Selosse has an allocation from the same lieu-dit, but Coessens is at a fraction of the price.😍

[@OgimaaGaabaw-xx2in]

You're like the greatest Champagne 🍾, Agnese you're so Bubbly and you give your channel viewers so ❤much pleasure all the time. You infuse us with a dosage of sweetness everytime with your sweet vivacious personality ✨️ 💕. Sending ❤ from Vinipega Manitoba Kanāda 🇨🇦

[@carlcadregari7768]

Great video. Champagne is champagne. As much as all the other sparklers want to be it, champagne is a wine that stands alone. Cheers.

[@NoSediment]

I really don’t want to be as sceptical. 🫤 But, yes.. when You taste Champagne 🥂 it is just something more! 🍾🍾🍾

[@anaceccato7345]

I love it!!! Thanks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@NoSediment]

Cheers! 🥂

[@relaxingsound5431]

Hat's off Enjoying your videos

[@NoSediment]

Thank You! 🥂 Cheers! 🍾🍾🍾

[@andrewwebster15]

Great video! I try to get 100% meuniers whenever I can because I so rarely see them here in North America. I’ve been told they don’t age as well, but the few I’ve tried have a sort of cheesy character I love.

[@NoSediment]

There are some who argue that it ages quicker, but I do think that it has to do more with the producer rather than solely on grape alone. And I have tasted some great Meunier. 🙏🏻

[@niclasaronsson8939]

Most interesting Piper is possible to get here. Wille surely try it! More videos like this absolutely! Niclas Sweden

[@NoSediment]

Thank You! 🙏🏻 and will do! 🥂🍾

[@neomage2021]

great video!

[@NoSediment]

Cheers! 🥂

[@panaceiasuberes6464]

This is a hot topic these days... lets hope it makes it to 100k.

[@NoSediment]

Thank You for Your support. Lets hope’ 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@stevewilliams1195]

I tend to find myself drinking more Cremant nowadays than Champagne due to the sheer price of good champers but I now need to find some Blanc De Noirs as that is new to me

[@NoSediment]

I think Cremant is an interesting topic to explore. 🥂🍾 Cheers!

[@Blair338RUM]

Blanc des Noirs is my preferred choice.

[@panaceiasuberes6464]

A more scientific characterization of the specificities of an amazing blanc de noirs is that since the more fragant and light terpenes are inside the grape this type of wine is a good chance to taste geraniol and linalool in a grape variety typically producing red wines, which are usually crushed by the intensity of Rotundone (which is present in their skin).

[@lada123]

I love your videos! A couple of questions: Can a Blanc de Blancs or Blanc de Noirs contain different varieties of white or black grapes in the same blend, as long as they are the same color grape? In other words, could a Champagnes labeled Blanc de Blanc contain both Chardonnay and Voltis grapes in the same bottle? It's confusing because I see people write "Blanc de Noir can only contain Pinot Noir OR Meunier" (meaning only one)... or "Blanc de Blanc can only contain Chardonnay." Also, I think I have seen on a Blanc de Noir label something like "Pinot Noir, Meunier dosage" ... does that mean that the dosage liquid was from Meunier, but only 100% Pinot Noir was used during second fermentation? Thanks : )

[@NoSediment]

Hey! 🙌 So blanc de noir - means white from the black, and in this case grapes must be dark skinned. So Meunier and Pinot Noir theoretically could be in that blend. Blanc de Blancs - means white from the white, so it must be from white skinned grapes. Either Chardonnay or Pinot Blanc for example. About the dosage - I am not sure, I have never seen a label like this, but I am guessing that it (dosage liquid) can be made from a different grapes than the wine itself. 😅

[@biolumate]

I like Bereche & Fils Rive Gauche for PM.

[@NoSediment]

I like Bereche et Fils! 🙌

[@biolumate]

@@NoSediment someone mentioned Moussé, I've had their les terre d'illite and it's quite good as well, but it's a blend 80% PM 20% PN.

[@jazirmalik]

Please try the Best's Old Vine Meunier, from vines planted in 1868. A well kept Aussie secret!

[@NoSediment]

I am guessing it is not a sparkling wine! 🍾 but if I will have a possibility I will definitely do so! 🫡

[@erisferra]

Hello Agnes, can you please make a video about italian sparkling wine done in the classic method(e.g. Franciacorta or Trentodoc)? Thank you

[@NoSediment]

Hi! 👋 And Alta Langa, sure! I just want to travel to the region and film materials, so it is more interesting to watch. 🤞🤞 But I do think these regions make really nice wines! ☺️

[@erisferra]

@@NoSediment thank's for your response. I do love Alta Langa too, may I suggest Colombo (Cascina Pastori) Alta Langa Rose Riserva 60 months 2° fermentation

[@andrewforrester17]

Georges Laval makes a 100% PM. I’ve got a few bottles but haven’t tasted them yet.

[@NoSediment]

I haven’t seen from them pure Meunier. 🤔🤔 Definitely would be interesting to taste! Cheers! 🥂

[@QualeQualeson]

Yes to your question. When there's Champagne involved the mood goes up, so too in the presenter it seems. The cameraman was also having a whale of a time by the looks of it 😅 I was hoping for a miracle and that Chartogne-Taillet would be in the selection in my market, but of course it wasn't. It'd be sold out for sure if it was. I suggest we can take this opportunity to consider the phenomenon we call "holy grail reviews" in the cigar world. There might be a similar term in the wine world, I don't know. It means that in praxis, when someone reviews something rare, they are essentially reviewing something that is largely irrelevant to the public because so few can realistically share in the experience. I have no idea how rare Chartogne-Taillet actually is, so it might not necessarily be applicable here just because I can't get it. I'm just using it as an example to bring up an interesting point in the interaction between presenters on the inside of an industry, communicating to the people on the outside. You will concede that scoring something that almost no one can get is an exercise in futility. Thanks Agnese (and cameraman). Hope I didn't step on any toes.

[@NoSediment]

Hey, thank You for the comment. I completely agree with You and understand what You mean. When discussing wine investment - people will say that wine must be rare. But it shouldn’t be too rare, as it will not be able to get the world wide recognition. Saying that I don’t think that Chartogne-Taillet is that rare though. I am aware, that there should be wines that are available to people. 🫡

[@LadyAceRoxy]

For Meunier, Moussé Fils, L’Or d’Eugène Perpetuelle Blanc de Noir was the first sole Meunier wine I ever had, super yummy!

[@NoSediment]

Thank You! I will keep these names in my books! 🙏🏻

[@GlennReed-r2t]

Sweetest Lettish Accented English Ever❤🎉❤🎉

[@davidlittle6621]

Now I want to open a bottle of champagne! 😂

[@NoSediment]

Perfect’ 🥂🍾

[@LadyAceRoxy]

Yes to less talked about grapes of Champagne!

[@NoSediment]

Thank You! I will definitely start to prepare for that one! 🥂🍾 Cheers!

[@zaphod333]

I found a major disagreement between us at last, how shocking! 😂 I /do/ consider Chardonnay a "neutral" grape variety: It does not bring pronounced flavors itself, yet it's capable of transporting the elevage in a remarkable way.

[@NoSediment]

I completely understand what You mean, it is neutral, as it not showing pronounced aromas or flavours (like Sauvignon Blanc or Gewurztraminer). What I meant is that - despite this You take a Chardonnay wine that has not been aged in oak and yet, it still tells You it is Chardonnay. And for me - that is a character! 😅😉 Cheers and thank You for the comment! 🥂🍾

[@zaphod333]

@@NoSediment I see. Yes Chardonnay is generally not considered an "aromatic varietal" the way SB or GT for example are. However, depending on how the winemaker interprets it, it happens not too rarely that I can't tell Chardonnay from its siblings such as Pinot Blanc or Auxerrois, especially in a blind tasting. I have yet to encounter a Riesling that doesn't identify as such, and in SB it's extremely rare (but try a 20yo Gérard Boulay! 😎). Cheers! 🍾🥂

[@olasjolin2261]

Plantings in Champagne: Chardonnay 31 %, Pinot Noir 38 %, Meunier 31 % = 100 % -> 0 % plantings left for the 5 other grape varieties that are allowed Great video nevertheless

[@NoSediment]

I rounded up, really. And the other grapes constitute less than 1% (below 0.5% even) of all the plantings in Champagne. Otherwise, I would have to do decimals, and that is when You really should be specific. 🫡 I hope You did enjoy it anyway

[@olasjolin2261]

@@NoSedimentI understand and I did enjoy the video (as always). Now I know that less than one percent of the plantings in Champagne are made out by the other five allowed grape varieties. Due to your video I got interersted in Champagne made from 100 Meuinier. Here in Sweden I can't get hold of the one you tasted. But today I found and bought 2 bottles of Laurent Lequart - Prestige Pur Meunier Extra Brut (NV) for approximately €50 per bottle.

[@ninostrcic6709]

A video on less famous champagne grapes would be great

[@NoSediment]

Perfect, will start to prepare for one! 🙌

[@GlennReed-r2t]

Visdārgākā Agnese ❤️❤🎉🎉

[@russell7700]

A video on all-meunier champagnes would be incomplete without Laherte Freres Vignes d'Autrefois.

[@NoSediment]

Laherte Freees is definitely amongst my top producers of small Champagne houses. So unique and innovative! 🥂🍾

[@AL-ws2vf]

Thumbs 👍 for the video! Don’t you agree???

[@NoSediment]

Cheers! 🥂🍾

[@oscarayala3]

Prevost for Meunier.

[@GlennReed-r2t]

Es vienmēr esmu sajūsmā, kad skatos tavus jaunos video, Agnese. Esmu patiesi laimīga kā sunītis 🐕, ieraugot viņa saimnieku, mirklī, kad viņi atkal satiekas, kad suņa saimnieks atkal atgriežas mājās.

[@johnd0e25]

That sponsor sounds like a scam.

[@eymerichinquisitore9022]

I don't care much about Champagne, I consider Krug the best of the big ones but being Italian I worry about drinking serious "bubbles" at home. In this case, considering that Chardonnay makes me run to the bathroom because it is so feminine and fashionable (I hate it), I vote for Pinot Noir so I enjoy the so-called Blanc de Noirs from Oltrepò Pavese, the only champenoise method without Chardonnay but only excellent Pinot Noir. In the other three Italian areas renowned for sparkling wines: Trento and Franciacorta (Champenoise) always mostly use that terrible grape variety and in the Veneto area (Charmat) they insist on that rubbish called Prosecco (Glera grape variety).