Franck Bonville Grand Cru Pur Avize Blanc de Blancs 2018
Franck Bonville Grand Cru Pur Avize Blanc de Blancs 2018
Grand Cru Blanc des Blancs
$109.99 on 3+ (code: 3saves5)
$114.99
100% Chardonnay
Avize parcels: Les Avats, Les Maladries, and Les Chapelles
5 years on the lees sur latte
2.5 g/L dosage
93+ pts Wine Advocate
The 2018 Pur Avize Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs is showing well today with a more mineral, chalky character than Pur Oger. It reveals aromas of ripe orchard fruits, chalk, flowers, lemon oil and citrus. Medium to full-bodied, crystalline and pure on the palate, it is vinous and round, with a fleshy core of fruit, bright acids, a pinpoint mousse and a long, saline finish enhanced by gastronomic bitterness. Dosage: 3.3. grams per liter. - Yohan Castaing, The Wine Advocate
This house in the commune of Avize (Côte des Blancs) produces bright, fresh and finely crafted Champagnes that truly impressed me. Olivier Bonville, who took over the family estate in 1996, has an exceptional ability to express the unique character of each commune and terroir, a testament to his meticulous work in the vineyard and the cellar. A strong advocate of aging Champagnes under cork for several years before release, Olivier ensures that the house’s Champagnes are always marked by their finesse, purity and tension, displaying elegance and refinement.
Our Tasting Note (2016): Med gold color. Thick and frothy mousse. Pronounced nose of green apple, sweet lemons, a light creme note (malo) adds richness to the deep and powerful cut of the chalk and mineral saline. The palate is medium bodied, med+ acidity that is perfectly integrated, elegant, lip smacking freshness, then the malo rounds out the edges. Super long and complex finish. Outstanding.
Bonville’s spectacular “Pur Avize” is sourced from three choice parcels in the heart of their home village: Les Avats, Les Maladries, and Les Chapelles. Combining the saline cut of the “Pur Mesnil” and the richness of the “Pur Oger,” this cuvée adds an undercurrent of flint, making it perhaps the most complex and complete of the trio. Like its brethren, this undergoes alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in steel, and is disgorged after a five-year stint on its lees.
Parcelles: Les Avats, Les Maladrieres, Les Chapelles. Aging on the lees using natural cork (tirage liege). They chose vinte plots that are representative of the Avize Terroir, in the heart of the village, just a few meters away from their cellars.
The wines from Avize are well-balanced between freshness, fruitiness and their floral notes. They can already be enjoyed after 3 or 4 years of celaring. Very fine bubbles let us guess the energy contained in the champagne. The first scents totally reflect our chalky soils, combining flint notes to a mineral freshness. Aromas of pineapple and pear come to complete this pleasant nose."
