2016 Doyard Champagne Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Voie d’Oger (Pre-arrival)

“Disgorged this year with 1.2 grams per liter dosage, the 2016 Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Voie d’Oger was vinified entirely in tank. Unwinding from the glass with notes of ripe citrus fruit, white flowers, hazelnuts, fresh bread and oyster shell, it’s medium to full-bodied, racy and incisive, its concentrated but tightly wound core of fruit underpinned by a tangy spine of acidity. Concluding with a long, saline finish, this bottling from a parcel in Avize is one of two lieu-dit cuvées produced by the late Charles Doyard before his untimely passing in 2017.”