Tuesday December 10, 2013 
 BRITISH COLUMBIA

"Gimmonet is a great source for racy, elegant wines that express the energy and focus of Cuis." 

 

Antonio Galloni - Vinous Media 
November 2013
Today's Offer

 
 
Brut Cuis 1er Cru Non-Vintage

Price $64.00/bottle
VarietalChardonnay
RegionCuis, Champagne
Format6 x 750 ml
Availability12 cases
Ageability
Now - 2022
 

Cuis 1er Cru
93 Points

 "A wafting and distinctly cool nose featuring essence of white flowers and Meyer lemon slides gracefully into bright, clean and utterly delicious middle weight flavors that possess lovely depth and length on the markedly dry finish. This is dry but not aggressively so and I very much like the yeasty character that adds significant interest to the finale. For my taste this is drinking perfectly now though it could easily be held. Lovely and understated."

Issue #52 
Oct 2013
 
Brut Gastronome 2008

Price $69.00/bottle 
VarietalChardonnay
RegionCuis, Champagne
Format6 x 750 ml
AvailabilityOnly 4 cases
Ageability
Now - 2022
 

93+ Points

"The 2008 Brut Chardonnay Cuvée Gastronome is outstanding. A wine of energy and tension, the Gastronome captures the mineral-laced drive typical of the vintage. Freshly cut flowers, crushed rocks, dried pears and light floral honey inform this sculpted chiseled, beautifully delineated wine. Didier Gimonnet did a great job with the 2008 Gastronome. The blend is 43% Chouilly, 29% Cuis, 16% Oger, 7% Cramant and 5% Vertus. This bottle was disgorged in May 2013. Dosage was 6 grams/liter."

 

Nov 2013

**Please note that the above review is for the current vintage of Gimonnet Gastronome, but this order comes from an earlier disgorgement date** 

 
 
Brut Flueron 2006

Price $79.00/bottle 
VarietalChardonnay
RegionCuis, Champagne
Format6 x 750 ml
AvailabilityOnly 2 cases
Ageability
Now - 2022
 

93 Points

 

"The 2006 Brut Chardonnay Blanc de Blancs Cuvée Fleuron brings together all the best qualities of the house style. Rich, layered and expressive, yet with tons of mineral cut, the 2006 Fleuron has it all. Honey, almonds and dried flowers add nuance as this rich, broad-shouldered Champagne opens up in the glass. The Fleuron is a blend of fruit from Chouilly, Cramant, Cuis and Oger that spent 72 months on its lees. This bottle was disgorged in January 2013. Dosage was 6 grams/liter."


Nov 2013
 
**Please note that the above review is for the current vintage of Gimonnet Flueron, but this order comes from an earlier disgorgement date** 
About Pierre Gimonnet

The Gimonnet family has been growing vines in Champagne since 1750. In 1935 Pierre Gimonnet, grandfather of current owners Didier and Olivier, began producing champagne in the village of Cuis.

 

Didier and Olivier own 30 hectares in total; 16 hectares are Premier Cru from the village of Cuis. A high percentage of their vineyards are Grand Cru - 12 hectares in total, spread across the villages of Cramant, Chouilly, Oger and Aÿ. The Grand Cu vineyards have an average age of 40 years. Didier takes a great deal of pride in the fact that he blends his Grand Cru fruit with the 1er Cru wine from Cuis, making truly great wine available at  a reasonable price. It would be significantly more profitable, though less noble, to bottle the Grand Cru fruit as stand alone wines.

 

All the Pierre Gimonnet wines go through primary and malolactic fermentation in stainless steel tanks. Reserve wines are stored in bottle as opposed to tank, which is the norm in Champagne. This is done to slow down the evolution process and maintain freshness.  

 

Gimonnet's wines are quintessential Blanc de Blancs. Stony and mineral with racy acidity these are really lovely champagnes.

 

"One of Champagne's emerging superstars. 100% blanc de blancs. "La magic des assemblages pour les amateurs de nuances." Compexity, freshness , finesse. Emblematic 'new Champagne'. Superlative quality."

- David Scholefield


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