2018 Savart Le Mont des Chrétiens Extra Brut 1er Cru
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From vins clairs vinified in 500-liter barrels, the 2018 Extra Brut Premier Cru Le Mont des Chrétiens offers up youthfully reductive aromas of pear, spices, white flowers and praline. Full-bodied, rich and fleshy, with lively acids and saline finish, it largely conceals its 13.6% alcohol, but it remains something of a heavyweight.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
William Kelley, Wine Advocate
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The 2018 Brut Nature Le Mont des Chrétiens is a powerful, dense Chardonnay endowed with tons of intensity. Here, too, reductive notes are quite prominent and there is a touch of vegetal character as well. As these contours soften, the 2018 might be a more complete and satisfying, gorgeous Champagne, but I find these notes too assertive, at least today. That’s a shame, as there is real intensity and character packed into this sinewy, mid-weight Champagne. Disgorged: May, 2022.