Champagne Girard-Bonnet - Au Bout du Chemin Premier Cru NV

The Au Bout du Chemin has floral lemony frisson on the nose hints at fresh, young wine.

Paul Girard embodies both of his parents’ ancestry and brings new life to Chardonnay through a stunning selection of Côte des Blanc Champagnes. Merging the Girard & Bonnet Estates in Mesnil sur Oger he works towards creating a grower-maker brand in honour of his origins. This cuvee is 50% vintage harvest, 50% reserve wines.

The NV Extra Brut Au Bout du Chemin Premier Cru is a pure Chardonnay picked in Vertus, mainly from clay soils with a 2020 base. A floral lemony frisson on the nose hints at fresh, young wine. Green apple almost meets a touch of chervil. The palate is beautifully light, slender and bright. It has sprightly but admirably fine mousse on its light, translucent, taut body. Brightness, freshness and lightness have decent echoes of saltiness and lemon. This Extra Brut is sprightly and very youthful with a clean-cut finish. Anne Krebiehl, Vinous.