{"title":"Pinot Meunier","description":"\u003cp\u003ePinot Meunier is one of the three principal grape varieties of Champagne, alongside Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. A red grape that produces relatively light-coloured wines, it is valued for its fresh fruit, softness and approachable character. It typically shows flavours of red berries, apple, pear and subtle spice, adding fruitiness, roundness and complexity to Champagne blends.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"billecart-salmon-champagne-le-reserve-nv-750ml","title":"Billecart Salmon Champagne Le Reserve NV 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 54, 136);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Billecart-Salmon NV Brut Réserve is a delightful, harmonious Champagne with a complex blend of 40% Pinot Meunier, 30% Chardonnay, and 30% Pinot Noir. With a base of the 2019 vintage and a touch of reserve wines dating back to 2006, this cuvée offers aromas of strawberry, dried apple, flint, and matchstick, complemented by a creamy texture and long, refreshing finish. Aged for 36 months on the lees, it strikes the perfect balance between freshness, complexity, and elegance. Ideal for any occasion, this Champagne pairs wonderfully as an aperitif or throughout a meal.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Suckling | \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(158, 0, 57); text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eJS 93\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished: Jul 19, 2024\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlenty of pinot character with strawberry and dried apple and some flint and matchstick, as well as stone. It’s medium- to full-bodied with freshness, a creamy texture and a long, delicious finish. 40% pinot meunier, 30% chardonnay and 30% pinot noir. 28% 2019 and the rest reserve wine going back to 2006. Dosage 3g\/l. Drink now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDecanter \u003cspan class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\"\u003e|\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(158, 0, 57); text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eD 92\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished: Oct 31, 2023\u003cbr\u003eDrink: 2023-2026\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBillecart-Salmon's 2019-based Brut Réserve continues the impressive rebirth of this cuvée, showing more focus, length and sapidity than previous versions. The dosage has dropped to 3g\/L (from 9g\/L in 2016), but the delicious nut oil and brown bread reserve wine depth props up roasted lime and apricot fruit. One to watch. 40% Meunier, 30% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"columns WineInfo_wineInfo__item__T55B6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"WineInfo_wineInfo__item__type__mxO21\"\u003eSweetness: Dry\u003cbr\u003eClosure: Natural Cork\u003cbr\u003eAlcohol: 12.00%\u003cbr\u003eBody: Medium\u003cbr\u003eGrapes: 30% Chardonnay 40% Pinot Meunier 30% Pinot Noir \/ Pinot Nero\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wine Advocate | \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(158, 0, 57); text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRP 91\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished: Oct 24, 2024\u003cbr\u003eDrink: 2024-2032\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"WineInfo_wineInfo__item__type__mxO21\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on the 2020 vintage, this blend of 43% Pinot Meunier, 29% Chardonnay and 28% Pinot Noir, with 71% vins de réserve and 10% perpetual reserve, the NV Brut Réserve offers up aromas of spring flowers, herbs, blossoms, lime and brioche. Medium to full-bodied, tense and precise, with a crystalline texture enhanced by bright acids, this is a long, delicate and ethereal Champagne. It matured 8% in barrels and 36 months on the lees in bottle, followed by six months after disgorgement with three grams per liter dosage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBillecart-Salmon’s style is characterized by elegance, purity and delicate freshness. Low fermentation temperatures are employed to preserve the purity and expressiveness of the fruit, while malolactic fermentation is systematically blocked to maintain the wine’s vibrant acidity. Since Mathieu Roland-Billecart’s arrival in 2018, the estate has expanded its barrel program, focusing on the best terroirs for cuvées like Brut Réserve and Brut Sous Bois, and has initiated biodynamic viticulture in Le Clos Saint-Hilaire. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChampagne-billecart.fr\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarmony and balance \u003cbr\u003eBalance and harmony combine together in this light and subtle champagne. Its blend is made up of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier sourced from the very best sites of the Champagne region. It is the ideal partner to delight your guests on every occasion, both as an aperitif and throughout the entirety of a meal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTasting notes - Le Réserve is a light, fine and harmonious champagne. It is made up of a blend of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Meunier from three different years and sourced from the best sites in the Champagne region. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"1855 The Bottle Shop Pte Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39981097091136,"sku":"CHFR00NV0015","price":102.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/7728\/6464\/files\/billecart-salmon-champagne-le-reserve-nv-750ml.jpg?v=1755251849"},{"product_id":"egly-ouriet-champagne-les-vignes-de-vrigny-premier-cru-nv-750ml","title":"Egly-Ouriet Champagne Les Vignes de Vrigny Premier Cru NV 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 54, 136);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEgly-Ouriet Les Vignes de Vrigny NV is a vibrant, 100% Pinot Meunier Champagne that's all about freshness and precision. It's got flavors of green apple, apricot, citrus, and a touch of almond, with a bright, clean finish. Based on the 2019 vintage (with a bit from 2018 and 2017), this is a lively, no-oak, low-dosage Champagne that shows Meunier at its snappy, juicy best. Great now, even better with a little time after disgorgement.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDecanter \u003cspan class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\"\u003e|\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(158, 0, 57); text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eD 93\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished: Jan 7, 2024\u003cbr\u003eDrink: 2024-2028\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis cuvée is always such a clear-eyed picture of snappy, fragrant Meunier full of just-ripe apricot, fresh almonds and an almost citric focus on the palate. Based on the 2019 vintage with reserves from 2018 and 2017, there's plenty of fleshy orange ripeness from these two years, but not an inch of fat. This needs at least six months post-disgorgement to really come out of itself. A 100% Meunier from the village of Vrigny in the Petite Montagne de Reims. No oak.\u003cbr\u003eClosure: Cork\u003cbr\u003eAlcohol: 12.50%\u003cbr\u003eBody: Medium\u003cbr\u003eGrapes: 100% Pinot Meunier\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wine Advocate \u003cspan class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\"\u003e|\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(158, 0, 57); text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRP 92\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished: Dec 14, 2023\u003cbr\u003eDrink: 2023-2033\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on the 2019 vintage and disgorged this year with three grams per liter dosage, the NV Brut Premier Cru Les Vignes de Vrigny wafts from the glass with aromas of green apple, white flowers, freshly baked bread and crushed mint. Medium to full-bodied, pure and fleshy, it's vinous and precise, with racy acids and a sapid finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sc-hKysef kYcfoa\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFar from resting on the considerable and merited laurels that he has accrued over a 30-year career, Francis Egly has continued to refine and improve. The last decade's innovations include refrigerated press pans to immediately cool the must in ever-warmer vintages, a peristaltic pump to handle his wines even more gently and a once-again expanded cellar that gives him the space to work still more precisely. Just like his work in the vineyards, investment in the winery has been incessant. Starting from next to nothing when he began in the 1980s, today Egly holds some 700,000 bottles in reserve wines and wine maturing sur lattes—equivalent to seven times his annual production.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs readers will know, Egly picks ripe grapes and ferments most of his wines in barrel—some 10% to 15% of which are renewed every year, and all of which derive from the cooperage of his friend, Dominique Laurent—before subjecting them to lengthy sur lattes maturation, typically disgorging with less than three grams per liter dosage these days. But the devil is in the details; no winemaker in Champagne is more precise or meticulous, from vineyard to cellar. These latest releases once again come warmly recommended.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Suckling | \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(158, 0, 57); text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eJS 92\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished: Dec 11, 2015\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a stylish and rich Champagne with peach, orange peel and hints of pie crust character on the nose and palate. Dense and rich yet agile and fresh. A delicious Champagne offering more than just an aperitif. Drink now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"1855 The Bottle Shop Pte Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40352628867136,"sku":"CHFR00NV0270","price":175.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/7728\/6464\/files\/egly-ouriet-champagne-les-vignes-de-vrigny-nv-750mlV.jpg?v=1769170727"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/7728\/6464\/collections\/grape-pinot-meunier.jpg?v=1789012765","url":"https:\/\/www.1855thebottleshop.com\/collections\/pinot-meunier.oembed","provider":"1855 The Bottle Shop Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}