Coessens Largillier Blanc de Noirs Brut, Champagne, France 2021

Since 2006, Jerome Coessens has crafted Champagne from his family’s prized 2.25-hectare parcel, Largillier, in Ville-sur-Arce (Aube). Planted exclusively to old-vine Pinot Noir on Kimmeridgian limestone and clay, this south-facing slope delivers power, elegance, and precision. Each cuvee—Fruit, Flower, Substance, and Mineral—captures a different facet of the terroir, vinified separately for purity and expression. With minimal oak, Coessens wines shine with clarity of place and vintage.

From a single vineyard called Largillier; from a single varietal : Pinot Noir and from a single vintage. For this wine they use two plots: FRUIT and FLOWER. The wines are vinified separately and then blended in April or May. As the names of the plots suggest, fruit and white flower notes are prominent as well as hints of liquorice. In some vintages it is the notes of red fruit that are more pronounced. Bold on the attack (thanks to the clay in the KM2 soil) ; refreshing with marked minerality and a long finish (thanks to the limestone content of the KM2 soil).