Suenen 'Le Mont-Aigu' Chouilly Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut, Champagne, France 2019

"Le Mont-Aigu" Chouilly Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 2019 is a captivating single-vineyard Champagne that showcases the precision and elegance of one of the Côte des Blancs' most respected grower-producers. Sourced exclusively from the historic Le Mont-Aigu lieu-dit in Chouilly Grand Cru, Aurélien Suenen crafts this wine with native yeast fermentation, extended lees aging, and a restrained Extra Brut dosage to highlight the purity of the site. The outstanding 2019 vintage reveals layered aromas of lemon curd, green apple, white peach, acacia blossom, toasted hazelnut, brioche, and crushed chalk. The palate is beautifully textured yet impeccably focused, combining vibrant acidity with creamy depth and an intensely saline, mineral-driven finish. Elegant, complex, and exceptionally age-worthy, Le Mont-Aigu 2019 is a benchmark Blanc de Blancs that beautifully expresses the finesse and chalk-rich terroir of Chouilly.

" Harvested in mid-September at comparatively low yields, the 2019 Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Chouilly Le Mont-Aigu, disgorged in June 2025 with a dosage of four grams per liter, remains—as ever—the richest and most dramatic wine in the range. It bursts from the glass with a deep bouquet of lemon confit, crisp pear, peach and almond paste, mingled with notes of freshly baked bread. The palate is full-bodied and concentrated, ample and textural, built around a muscular core of ripe, mature fruit, supported by succulent yet vibrant acidity and concluding in a long, enveloping finish. As always, it is more powerful than La Cocluette and Les Robarts. Readers will recall that this cuvée is sourced from a south-facing parcel planted in 1978, delivering concentrated fruit of high maturity but low yields, shaped in part by the presence of grapevine fanleaf virus." Wine Advocate 96+