Louis De Grenelle, Blanc de Blancs Bellay NV

92 points Wine Advocate
"The NV Chardonnay Brut Blanc de Blancs Bellay is from Montreuil-Bellay’s marly limestone terroir and has been kept on the second lees for more than four years. The bouquet is deep, rich and complex as well as fresh and reveals yeasty-scented tropical notes. Supple and round on the palate, this is an intense but delicate and elegant sparkling wine that is full-bodied and with moderate 12% alcohol. It has a great mouthfeel with a mineral structure that makes this an excellent gastronomic sparkling wine with a very good and textural finish with fine salinity."

Vinous Reverie Notes
The affinity for Chardonnay on chalky soils is not unique to Champagne but anywhere this soil can be found. After years of tasting the component blends for the sparkling wines at Louis de Grenelle, we’ve always been taken with their Chardonnay. Originating exclusively from the chalky, clay-limestone soils near the village of Montreuil-Bellay, this Blanc de Blancs is aged for two years sur latte and bottled with a very small dosage of 3 g/L.