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Drappier "Carte d'Or" Brut Champagne

Drappier "Carte d'Or" Brut Champagne

91JS
90BH
90WS
$44.99

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James Suckling

Reviewed June 2022
This has aromas of pear tart, pie crust, praline and apricot. Bright, with a creamy mousse and attractive biscuity and nutty layers.

Professional Reviews

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Burghound

Review Date: 08/2023
Attractively layered aromas include those of just sliced apple, zest, brioche, quinine and a whiff of mature fruit. There is good verve to the bright yet nicely rich medium weight flavors that possess solid depth and good persistence on the balanced finish that drinks drier than the indicated dosage would suggest.

90

Wine Spectator

Review Date: 12/2023
Bright and balanced, this is an accessible, crowd-pleasing Champagne in a crisp, aperitif style. Shows a lacy mousse and notes of black cherry and ripe green apple fruit, with toast point, preserved lemon and a rich hint of marzipan. (AN)

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Jancis Robinson

Review Date: 11/2022
80% Pinot Noir, 15% Chardonnay, 5% Meunier. 40% reserve wines. Dosage 5.5 g/l (liqueur matured in wood). Disgorged March 2022 (engraved on the bottle). Very golden colour, aromas of dried white currants and dried sultanas. Rich and broad, laced loosely with slow, lazy bubbles. Baked pears, warm croissant, candied citrus peel and panettone. Curvy and comforting. Could take rich food (or, even better, a hot, bubbling Welsh rarebit). (TC)

Staff Reviews

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Gary Westby

Gary Westby

K&L Buyer
The best non-vintage of our whole Champagne summit was the Drappier "Carte d'Or" Brut Champagne. That is saying a lot, since we tasted so many greats! This combination of 75% Pinot Noir, 15% Meunier and 10% Chardonnay is made with the lowest sulfur counts of any grand marque Champagne. The fruit for this is all from the Aube and Kimmeridgian clay rather than the chalk of the Marne. It is also mostly estate grown. This gives Champagne not only with the lovely red fruit expression one would expect from so much Pinot, but also layers of nearly Chablis like minerality. If you like dry, yet full flavored Champagne, you it to yourself to try the Drappier!
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Lilia McIntosh

Lilia McIntosh

Dry, mineral driven Champagne with lovely fresh brioche aromas and flavors along with bright citrus notes and hint of meadow flowers. It lingers on the palate with crunchy acidity and touch of red apple flavor. Delicious Champagne that can be enjoyed every day at this price!
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David Othenin-Girard

David Othenin-Girard

Here's an incredibly well developed NV from Drappier. Slightly nutty signs of older champagne, with yeast brioche and heady dark fruit. Rich and full in the palate, with the dark cherry coming forward and a taught lifted finish. Superb.

Notes

Champagne Drappier is THE high-quality négociant in the Aube! Drappier was founded in 1808 in Urville and this house brought Pinot Noir to the Aube in the 1930s, a move that was mocked at the time—now it is by far the most planted grape in the region. A little more than half of the production comes from the more than 130 acres of estate vines. The other part comes from long-term contracts. The wines go through malolactic, with very little sulfur—they claim to have the lowest sulfur counts of any major négociant. Like Billecart-Salmon, they pride themselves on low-temperature fermentation. (Gary Westby, K&L Champagne buyer)

Details

OriginChampagne, France
Type/VarietalPinot Noir
SKU1195920