robert_parker
NV
Rating:
93
–93
The Cuvée Louis Brut Nature is a 50/50 Pinot Noir and Chardonnay blend sourced in the lieut-dit Les Crayons. This is based on the based on the 2000 vintage plus 15% of Reserve wines from 1996 to 1999; it opens with a deep and complex, very mineral bouquet. The purity, precision and elegance on the palate is stunning, as is the intensity of flavors. The wine has a nice reduction and tightness, and keeps the freshness. Impressive wine with food. Disgorged in January 2016.
robert_parker
NV
Rating:
94
–94
Based on the vintages 1996 to (mainly) 2000, the NV Cuvée Louis Brut Nature is ripe, intense and pure as well as intense on the tropical-scented nose. Intensely fruity but also salty on the palate, this is a mouth-filling and finessed Cuvée Louis with persistent salinity. The wine drinks very well today, but it will improve and gain complexity over the years. Disgorged in December 2017.
robert_parker
NV
Rating:
95
–95
For this NV Cuvee Louis Brut Nature, they harvested 50% Chardonnay plus 50% Pinot Noir from a single lieut-dit (Les Crayons) in a single year (1999) and fermented them in barrels, where the wine aged until May 2000 but without malolactic. After the second fermentation, the Champagne was disgorged not earlier than June 2014, so after 14 years on the lees. The result is a very clear, pure and extremely complex and persistent wine of great clarity, finesse and length. This wine is bone dry, though not austere, but a rich and full-flavored wine with aromas of toast, mocha, chocolate, apples, lemons, butterscotch, hazelnut, almonds, marzipan, spiced cookies, saffron, porcini, girolles, candied fruits, dates, oranges and mint. The pearls are very delicate and the finish is complex yet pure, firmly structured and very long. This is a fascinating Champagne for its own merits and I would have it for Christmas but without food, if not a three star Michelin cook composes the suitable dish.
