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Alfred Gratien Brut Classique

The 2014 Alfred Gratien Brut Classique has earned its place in The World of Fine Wine’s handpicked collection of tasting notes, featuring insights from the world’s foremost wine authorities. Explore in-depth commentary from wine experts Simon Field, Essi Avellan and Tom Stevenson on Alfred Gratien Brut Classique - an internationally acclaimed traditional method sparkling from Champagne.
Alfred Gratien Brut Classique
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Wine Name
Alfred Gratien Brut Classique

Wine Producer
Alfred Gratien

Score
90

Wine Style
Traditional Method Sparkling

Grape Type
Chardonnay
Pinot Meunier
Pinot Noir

Country
France

Vintage
1996

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Essi Avellan: Bright lemon-gold. Big nose of bold toffee and apple fruit, wax and oriental spices. Zesty, succulent palate, with great drive and linearity despite unapologetic, plush ripe fruit. Sweet, almost sugar-coated finish: not yet perfectly integrated dosage? Full of ambition and held-back power. Explosive and exuberant but not one of the most refined examples. The acidity is really mouthwatering and verging on tartness: not to everyone’s liking, I suspect. A fine, pencil-shavings finish. 18.5

Simon Field: Baking-powder nose, but with very small, impressively regimented bubbles. In the mouth, the dosage is domineering and overpowers any potential for harmonious integration. I’m not sure that time will help much in this instance. Having said that, a second tasting after a mere 10 minutes, reveals a certain Glasnost. 15.5

Tom Stevenson: Medium lemon color, with lovely toasty aromas and richness of fruit. The dosage seems substantial, but nicely integrated, not at all syrupy. Would love to taste this in 10 years’ time. 17 (30 months post disgorgement, tasted 2014; 12.5%; 8g/l dosage; 5mg/l total SO2)

Details

Wine expert Simon Field
Essi Avellan
Tom Stevenson
Tastings year 2014
Region Champagne
AppellationChampagne AOC
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