The NV Extra Brut Complantée Grand Cru soars out of the glass with striking aromatics. Bright, sculpted and perfumed, the Complantée is wonderfully expressive. This blend of co-planted Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Blanc, Arbane, Petit Meslier and Chardonnay is so expressive. It is especially aromatic and ethereal in this release. The Complantée was fermented with native yeasts in used 600-liter tonneaux. Doasage is 5 grams per liter. (AG)

A blend of the sunny 2020 and 2019 vintages, the latest rendition of Agrapart's NV Extra Brut Grand Cru Complantée is especially successful. Offering up aromas of white flowers, orange oil, confit citrus and buttery pastry, this field blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Blanc, Arbane and Petit Meslier planted in 2003 can sometimes be almost assertively incisive, but this tirage is medium to full-bodied, satiny and layered, with racy but fully integrated acids and a suave, fine-boned profile.