Champagne Girard-Bonnet - Mon Village Grand Cru NV

This Mon Village hosts lightness as the main characteristic of the slender body, fringed by a touch of apple pip bitterness.

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 Mon Village Grand Cru is a pure, old-vine Chardonnay from Le Mesnil sur Oger, based on 2021, supplemented with a perpetual reserve from 2018-2020 that was kept in barrel. Fresh yeast and green apple flash on the shy nose, fleeting but distinct. Lightness is the main characteristic of the slender body, fringed by a touch of apple pip bitterness. This is beautifully mount-watering and very youthful with its recent disgorgement. It will benefit from just a little longer in bottle when it will be a sprightly aperitif of slender brightness. Short finish. Anne Krebiehl, Vinous.