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Eric Rodez Champagne Grand Cru Cuvee des Crayeres NV (1.5L)

Name: Eric Rodez Champagne Grand Cru Cuvee des Crayeres NV (1.5L)
Brand: Charles Neal [CHN]
SKU: SF-Charles Neal--103021-1.5L65
Price: 139.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

$139⁹⁹

Champagne of body and spirit made by the marriage of 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay. Straight, round, generous, the cuvee Crayeres is made on average from a dozen different wines from 4 to 5 different vintages, with 20 to 25% of wines vinified in small oak barrels, with 45 to 50% reserve wines helping to bring homogeneity. This Champagne gold in hue with small golden highlights. The nose reveals floral and mineral notes allowing upon aeration the release of red and white fruits. The palate is fresh and generous, playing with notes of spring berries.

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92 points

"Light yellow-gold. Fresh orange, pear, white flowers and buttered toast on the intensely perfumed nose. Offers palate-staining blood orange and fresh fig flavors, along with hints of cherry pit and white pepper. Concentrated yet lithe wine with excellent finishing clarity and thrust." —Josh Raynolds

More about Eric Rodez

It is unfathomable to me that Eric Rodez is not placed on the same pedestal with Champagne's other top names. That is not to say he isn't sought out, or appreciated by top collectors; they are requested on the sly on occasion. But outside of a tight group of super-geeky bubble collectors, few have heard tell of him or his wines.

Eric was the 8th and his son Mickael, the 9th generation to run this family estate in Ambonnay. Often this famous Grand Cru village on Le Grande Montagne is lumped in with neighbor Bouzy for dense, powerful Pinot Noir. But unlike Bouzy's congruent south-facing slope, Ambonnay is heterogeneous with more nuanced wines to match. Curving from the south-east towards due east Rodez's plots are 40% Chardonnay. This comes as no surprise when you find out that the soils are rated 93%, for chalk content, the highest in Champagne (yep, more than the Côte de Blancs!).

The recipe for these wines is no great secret: farming and talent. After a disastrous '84 vintage, Eric experimented with organic viticulture to help the vines adapt to the extreme Champagne climate. Fast-forward to today, he is now a holistic keeper of vines, certified biodynamic, applying aroma therapy for disease relief and with an HVE certification, the highest level of sustainability awarded in Champagne.

Talent may be natural, but Eric learned a lot after a stint at Krug, where he picked up a penchant for oak barrels and the skills of a super blender. The style of his wines non-vintage blends can definitely be compared to Krug, with un-told layers of melodious harmony. But that breadth and depth usually attributed to reserve wines also seems to radiate from his single vintage and single vineyard bottlings as well. They vibrate with intensity, the perlant mousse keeps the force of the liquid moving constantly outward, pulsating elegance and a dainty-decadence which I've experience in no other wines.