2014 Cedric Bouchard La Haute Lemblee
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Another bottling with immense potential is the 2014 Blanc de Blancs La Haute Lemblé, a stunning young wine that unfurls in the glass with scents of crisp green apples, warm bread, citrus oil, fresh peach and cut flowers. On the palate, it's full-bodied, satiny and incisive, with even more depth and concentration than the 2008 that I tasted alongside it, combining imposing mid-palate volume with an ineffable sense of completeness in a rare mélange more often realized by the great still wines of the Côte d'Or than the wines of Champagne. The finish is long and chalky. This 2014 is more textural than the 2008, too, and I suspect that it will be even more thrilling—if perhaps not quite as incisive—at age ten, though it can also be drunk with pleasure today.
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Jeb Dunnuck
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Another gem is the 2014 Blanc de Blancs La Haute-Lemblé, which is pure Chardonnay. It oozes minerality and salinity as well as vibrant lemon curd and white flower-like aromas and flavors. Ethereal, straight, with magical purity of fruit, it too is another powerful, medium to full-bodied Champagne from Bouchard to drink over the coming decade or so.
Majestic and soaring in the glass, with remarkable purity, the 2014 Blanc de Blancs La Haute Lemblé captures all of the beauty that makes Cédric Bouchard's Champagnes so alluring. The 2014 is bright, pure and focused, with mid-weight, sculpted personality that reminds me of the 2004. This is such a tremendous expression of Chardonnay. Non-dosé. Disgorged: April 2018.