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2012 Michel Arnould "Causalité" Verzenay Grand Cru Champagne

2012 Michel Arnould "Causalité" Verzenay Grand Cru Champagne

Review Date: 09/2025

We've had a lot of great 2012 Champagnes come through here thanks to Gary Westby, who I have personally voted as Champagne Buyer of the Year for the last five years I've worked here. It's only an award in my head, which also means he's won five years in a row and all of you that have interacted with him already know that I have voted with your interests in mind. This Champagne is absolutely delicious, the nose has some sourdough baguette notes at the forefront and then pretty white flowers, a little red apple skin, and then the chalky minerality. The palate is just amazing, more sourdough notes, but also a lot more fruit with red apples, a little hint of underripe rapsberry, and blood orange. The acidity is outstanding, and the depth and complexity are off the charts. This is probably one of the best bottles of Champagne under $100 that we have in the store right now, and that's saying a lot.

Price: $99.99
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Notes

This is a blend of 50% Pinot Noir and 50% Chardonnay, entirely from estate vineyards in the Grand Cru of Verzenay and is entirely barrel fermented. Verzenay is the northernmost of all the Grand Crus in this northernmost of French wine regions. The whole village faces north—the wrong way, away from the sun—and yet miraculously ripens Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Some say it's because of a meteor that, in prehistoric times, hit the area that is now the village, creating Les Faux de Verzy, a forest where the trees bend and fold in on themselves like a dark wood in The Lord of the Rings. This is one of the last 2012's to be released by any grower, and the patience has yielded a wine of tremendous depth and complexity. -Gary Westby, K&L

Product Details

Origin: Champagne, France

Type/Varietal: Other White Wines

SKU: #1841129

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