A.R. Lenoble Champagne Champagne Extra Brut V.20 0426JACKSON Exuberant and expressive

Exuberant and expressive

commercial wine the country is known for

Alice Feiring likened it to "a salted caramel without its sugar

all of it dry and direct

A.R. Lenoble Champagne Champagne Extra Brut V.20 0426JACKSON Exuberant and expressiveA magnum aged perpetual reserve is the secret weapon of A. R. Lenoble's Intense cuvee, and the V. 20 designation tells you 2020 is the dominant base vintage. The Malassagne family draws on three distinct sites for this blend: Chouilly Grand Cru Chardonnay for tension and mineral lift, Bisseuil Premier Cru Pinot Noir for structure, and Damery Pinot Meunier for fruit and roundness. Roughly half the wine is the 2020 base, the rest pulled from a perpetual