2015 Laurent-Perrier Brut Champagne
95JS
93VN
92DC
$99.99
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James Suckling
Reviewed July 2023This is in a new bottle, like the stout ones used for the rosé and blanc de blancs. This is very structured with a density and richness with hints of strawberry to the apple character. Bubbles turn fine textured at the end. Delicious flavors of biscuits and dried apple in the finish. Special character to this because of the very ripe vintage. Disgorged in November 2021. This is half chardonnay and half pinot noir. This can age well due to the phenolics. Drink or hold.
Professional Reviews
93
Vinous
The 2015 Brut Millésimé, a blend of half Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs and half Pinot Noir from the Montagne de Reims, spent at least seven years on lees. Supple smokiness and a sense of rye bread with distant plum create a subtle nose. The palate continues with that lovely smokiness, wrapping it around aromatic plum and taut lemon, which are delicious counter poles in this elegant wine. The bubbles are a little frothy, but it acquits itself well for a 2015 vintage with all its freshness. Dosage is 6 grams per liter. (AK)
92
Decanter
This is just the 30th vintage made at Laurent-Perrier since 1952, and it's a slightly unusual one in manifesting plenty of the heat, dryness and structure of 2015. Drinkers accustomed to Laurent-Perrier's usual delicacy and brightness will still find it in this 50:50 split of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, but the year's up-front firmness plays clearly through bittersweet citrus, yellow apple and pithy, peppery grip, the fruit headed towards golden and tropical nuances rather than classical citrus and gentle red fruits. The body remains fairly compact rather than heavy or viscous, though, as most 2015s do. It's a punchy, food-friendly vintage for Laurent-Perrier that marks quite a contrast from both the more classical 2012 and 2008 that preceded it. (TH)
Notes
This blend of half each chardonnay and pinot noir is all stainless steel fermented before eight years of ageing in the bottle on the lees. The lots selected are always grand cru, and picked for how well they tell the story of the year. 2015 was a hot vintage, and this has the generosity, toast and body of that warm harvest. - Gary Westby, K&L
Details
| Origin | Champagne, France |
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| Type/Varietal | Other White Wines |
| SKU | 1890101 |