Champagne Girard-Bonnet - A Mi-Chemin Grand Cru NV

For this A Mi-Chemin Grand Cru there is a linear straightness and tautness immediately evident on the slender but full-flavoured body.

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 A Mi-Chemin Grand Cru is a pure Chardonnay, half from Le Mesnil sur Oger, half from Oger, based on 2019 and 2020. A serene nose references both dried corn husk and fresh lemon peel. A linear straightness and tautness are immediately evident on the slender but full-flavoured body. Chalk casts an utterly mouth-watering saline spell, yet there is ripeness, juiciness and a certain exuberance, a lovely combo of sunshine and soil with a salty echo and nice tension. 92 points, Anne Krebiehl, Vinous.