2014 Franck Bonville Les Belles Voyes Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs, Champagne

Tremendous complexity, albeit a lot of it obviously barrel derived, with peanut brittle, nougat, brioche and truffle cream aromas, extraordinarily powerful and detailed, albeit a shock to lovers of more conventional Champagne. This is very different! It’s like a very smart barrel-fermented chardonnay table wine which just happens to have bubbles. Powerful in the mouth, with richness and amplitude, tremendous length and detail, all propelled along by vibrant acidity. A truly amazing Champagne.

98 points Huon Hooke therealreview.com Oct 2023 Drink 2023-2029

A beautiful introduction from the first pastry scents that come around...Evolution notes are here, butter aromas take over, wide and generous. The volume of wine, rich and fat, comes to surround fresher notes, minty and iodized. The frame of 2014 is recognizable, marked by the Bonville style and the Belles Voyes style with its light and aerial oxygenation.

A real wine of gastronomy, we enjoy tasting it the easiest way too: sharing it between friends, sitting on the low wall of the eponymous plot on Oger’s heights."

Olivier Bonville, Winemaker

Serve as an accompaniment to smoked fish, shellfish or poultry. Drink now or cellar for up to five years.