Lanson Green Label Organic Brut, Champagne

The new Lanson 'Green Label' non-vintage Brut is the first wine from this fine Champagne house made entirely from organically-farmed grapes certified by Eco-Cert. This is an important and very laudable step from Lanson and I was very happy to find the wine absolutely superb. The wine hails from eight hectares of vines that Lanson bought from LeClerc-Briant when the proprietor of this house passed away in 2010, and which had been farmed biodynamically for several years prior to the sale. The cépages here is a bit different from the Black Label bottling, as the blend is made up of fifty percent pinot noir, thirty percent pinot meunier and twenty percent chardonnay. The new release was disgorged in March of 2018 and is from the superb base year of 2012; it was finished with a dosage of nine grams per liter. The wine offers up a complex nose of white peach, chalky soil tones, patissière, a touch of smokiness and a lovely, gently floral topnote from the high percentage of pinot meunier in the blend. On the palate the wine is crisp, full and focused, with a very good core, refined mousse and very good length and grip on the vibrant and wide open finish. The extended period aging sur latte has allowed the wine to blossom beautifully and this is drinking with bounce and generosity today. Fine juice. (Drink between 2018-2035) 8/2018)

92 points John Gilman viewfromthecellar.com