The Wines of This Week's Tasting:
Laurence Ployez Presents her Precise Champagnes
October 27, 2026
Extra Quality Brut
Fruit only from 1er Cru and Grand Cru vineyards in the Montagne de Reims and Cotes des Blancs. Equal parts Pinot Noir, Meunier, and Chardonnay are aged for 5 years before release with an Extra Brut dosage.
Aroma: delicately herbal, fine acid, rounded fruit, pretty fruit; Mouth: clean, light, fresh, lively, pretty assertive acids, fine mousse; Very Good – Excellent $60, Case $51
Extra Quality Brut Rosé
This wine is half Chardonnay; Pinot Noir and Meunier make up the rest of the blend. Still Pinot Noir from Grand Cru Mailly, aged in oak barrels, is added.
Notes: Rich with dense red strawberry and savory fruit flesh seasoned with fleur de sel. $78, Case $67
2012 Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs
All Chardonnay from Premier and Grand Cru vineyards in the Cote de Blancs and Sezanne.
Notes: Delicate chalky lemon with rays of saline and toasted hazelnuts. Long mineral finish. $125, Case $107
Passion Extra Brut
Blanc de Blancs with 51% of the wine aged in oak barrels with no malolactic fermentation. Multi-vintage blend with a 4g/L dosage.
Aroma: nutty, rather fine, elegant, full, fresh and broad, fresh and layered; Mouth: clean, light and fresh in the mouth, fine acid, fine delineation, precise, long leesy finish, while being lithe and fresh; Excellent - Outstanding v$78, Case $67
Marie Weiss Brut
Premier Cru and Grand Cru fruit. 50% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay and 25% Pinot Meunier
Notes: Green apple and pear with smooth, supple, chalky texture. Biscuity lemon zest, almond, and soft white flowers. $ 45, Case $39
Two other Exceptional Wines Not Tasted
Ployez Jacquemart Cuvee Granite
Aroma: light, fresh, earthy, lightly rich, very delicately earthy; Mouth: clean, rounded fruit, very rich with an earthy, yeasty note, yet fresh, clean fine acid, firm finish, long, layered and complex; Excellent - Outstanding $195, 2 bottles only
2004 Ployez-Jaquemart Liesse d'Harbonville
Aroma: underneath deep barrel notes, it has the house clarity v, ripe and inviting; Mouth: firm, rather rich, intense, light and lithe, bright ; Excellent – Outstanding $189, Case $159
Len Rothenberg
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