Champagne Godin et Filles Fût de Chêne 2018 750mL

This is a wonderful blanc de blanc Vintage Champagne from 100% Chardonnay grapes from the Mont de Berru sub-region of Montagne de Reims. The name Fût de Chêne (sometimes Élevé en Fût on the label) is a reference to it being aged in French oak for 6 months. It then spends 6 years in the cellar on lees prior to disgorgment. Low dosage of 5g/L makes this an Extra Brut Champagne. 

It has extraordinary body and wonderful patisserie flavours mixed with elderflower, honey, green apple, nectarine and peach. It pairs well with hard cheeses, creamy sauces, fish and poultry.

Only 500 bottles are made each year, making it one of the rarest champagnes available on the Australian market. The 2018 shifts the ripeness levels up a notch from the 2017, so expect less green fruit and more stone fruit. 

Huon Hooke rated this cuvée equal to the 2013 Dom Perignon. Here are his notes:

Medium-full yellow, bright in the glass. Intense and rich buttered toast, buttery croissant, roasted hazelnut bouquet leads into a full, rich and ample palate in which the acidity is bright and cleansing and leavens the richness and weight of flavour. The finish lingers on very long, and the balance is impressive. A wine of substantial aged complexity. Delicious! ("Raised in oak", but mercifully not oaky or aldehydic)

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