NV Dhondt-Grellet Champagne Terres Fines Blanc de Blancs (Pre-arrival)

“The new NV Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru Les Terres Fines is based on the 2022 vintage and was disgorged in January 2025 with a dosage of 1.5 grams per liter. A blend from Cuis and Grauves, aged in 228-liter barrels (around 25% new) and complemented by 30% wine from a perpetual reserve dating back to 1986, it soars from the glass with a bouquet of dried white flowers, lemon oil, peach, toasted bread and smoke. Full-bodied and concentrated, layered and slightly more incisive than Roc Solare of the same base, it is underpinned by racy acidity and an ample, structuring chalky extract. Adrien recalls 2022 as an easy vintage—hot and dry, without disease pressure—offering a marked stylistic contrast to the chiseled wines produced in 2021.”