{"product_id":"2020-adrien-dhondt-le-mesnil-sur-oger-les-coullemets-750ml","title":"2020 Adrien Dhondt Le Mesnil sur Oger Les Coullemets (750ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecently named \"One of the finest producers of contemporary Champagne” by the Wine Advocate, Champagne Dhondt-Grellet has emerged as a truly exciting avant-garde producer under the leadership of winemaker Adrien Dhondt, who started working at his family's estate in 2012 at only 22 years old. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn a glowing recent feature, The Wine Advocate declared that \"there’s no doubt that the winemaker, once dubbed the best young vigneron, has matured and is now producing the best wines of his career,” adding simply that \"readers who share the admiration for Champagne’s ongoing artisanal wine-growing movement will want to seek out a few bottles with urgency.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn 2018, Adrien began a small-scale négociant project under his own name, working with fruit from villages such as Avize, Oger and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. Each cuvée is produced as a singular release, shaped by the vintage, with sites often changing from year to year. A consistent approach to vinification allows these cuvées to highlight individual villages or micro-terroirs with clarity. Bottled at slightly lower pressure to emphasize texture, they offer a distinct complement to the domaine. Driven by curiosity and a relentless pursuit of terroir expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"From an east-facing site at the bottom of the slope, where the soil is predominantly silt, Adrien Dhondt’s 2020 Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil-sur-Oger Les Coullemets has turned out spectacularly. “Les Coullemets is somewhat similar to Le Bateau, with rather thin topsoil,” notes Adrien. Although produced from purchased fruit, Adrien determines the harvest date, and it is his team that picks the grapes. Disgorged in April 2024 with one gram per liter dosage, it’s the most complex of the three wines, jumping from the glass with a deep bouquet of beeswax, burnt sugar, orange zest and smoke, framed by maturation in barrels (around one-third new). Multidimensional and concentrated, with incredible flavor intensity, it's racy and perfumed, concluding with a long, mineral finish. It’s at the very beginning of its drinking window and will richly reward patience.” Drink Date: 2026 - 2036.\" 95+ - Kristaps Karklins, The Wine Advocate (12\/24)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Wine Club","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48134682444034,"sku":null,"price":229.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/1419\/7817\/files\/images_c3322132-fb70-4444-a20a-1c48fcb3cf80.jpg?v=1784327078","url":"https:\/\/thewineclub.com\/products\/2020-adrien-dhondt-le-mesnil-sur-oger-les-coullemets-750ml","provider":"The Wine Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}