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Anonymous United States /sp/149678674#149683627
7/9/2025, 12:51:37 AM
Another EXPLOSIVE day of GC action from the BIG QUATRE (Pogi, MVDP, Joao, and Remco) and time for another /WORLD TOUR WINE/ !!

We are spending the Grand Depart in the Hauts-de-France and remain in Champagne for /WTW/. Yesterday's wine was an exemplar of the great Maisons of Champagne, but today we are on a different tack with "grower" Champagne. The vast majority of grapes in Champagne are grown by family farmers and then sold to the large Maisons (Moet et Chandon, Veuve Clicquot, Bollinger, Krug, etc) for vinification. In contrast, grower Champagnes are both grown and vinified by individual vignerons. These are often single vintage, sometimes even single vineyard. This is an expanding segment, but still makes up less than 5% of exported Champagne.

Jean Velut 'Premier Temps' Brut Champagne ($45)

The contrast between this and Krug couldn't be funnier. The label looks like it was printed at Kinkos. This is 100% Chardonnay, disgorged in 2024 after 3.5 years on the lees (in contrast, yesterday's Krug spent 7 years on the lees). Dosage is 7 g/l.

The nose is bready, more crusty baguette than brioche, followed by yellow apple and marzipan. This has an oxidative quality that I enjoy in many Champagnes -- it brings nuttiness and complexity to an otherwise very austere profile. The palate is zippy, with tongue-tingling acidity, bruised yellow apple, minimal citrus, and lingering almond finish.

This is really good stuff, moderate complexity. Not profound like the Krug, but finer than the Anima Mundi Cami dels Xops from Volta a Catalunya which was made with Methode Ancestrale (please refer to previous editions of /wtw/ for more information).