Collection: Champagne J.L. Vergnon, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger - Expressions of Interest

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Freight is charged per case, that is 1-12 bottles = 1 charge, 13-24 bottles another etc.

Freight Rates
Victoria - $15 per case
South Australia - $20 per case
New South Wales - $28
Queensland - $35 per case
Western Australia - $38 per case
Tasmania - $35 per case
Northern territory - $38 per case

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The wines are limited, and sold on a first-in best-dressed basis.

 

Champagne J.L. Vergnon, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger

 

Run by Didier Vergnon and son, Clement (4th and 5th generation respectively), and founded in 1950, this domaine is one of the finest in the Côte des Blancs. With predominantly grand cru sites and a good portion within the infamous ‘Les Chetillons’ vineyard and surrounds, JL Vergnon produces intensely powerful and taut Blanc de Blancs. It was Didier’s father who believed that mature, clean and ripe fruit was the key to fine Champagne. It enabled them to chaptilize less and use less dosage. They also found it helped translate the terroir of the incredibly white soils of Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, in the wine.

 

 

“This is one of the top estates in the Côte des Blancs today.” - Peter Liem, Champagneguide.net.

 

 

NV Champagne JL VERGNON Murmure Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature 

Chardonnay from premier cru parcels throughout Vertus and Villeneuve. Zero dosage. Raised in 50% stainless steel and 50% 400L oak barrels. Two years on lees. 6,000 bottles produced.

 

Beautiful crystalline purity. Defined, lifted floral notes with fresh lemon pith. The palate has a fine line of minerality that does not overwhelm but effortlessly carries the detailed fresh citrus and Granny Smith fruit flavours.

-Jono Hersey, FWC

 

The NV Brut Nature Murmure Premier Cru is laced with citrus, sage, mint, dried herbs and slate. Taut and nervy, the shows fine balance to match its driving, mid-weight personality. Zero dosage. Disgorged: December 12, 2023.

Vinous.com - Antonio Galloni

 

 

NV Champagne JL VERGNON Éloquence Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut

Chardonnay from grand cru parcels throughout Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Oger and Avize. Comprising 20% reserve wine aged for three months in oak, with the remaining 80% from a single vintage raised in stainless steel. Three years on lees. 3 g/L dosage. 15,000 bottles produced.

 

White of almond, white floral notes, quite subdued and restrained. There is a whisp of delicate mountain herbs and fresh breeze. The palate is very energetic, pure, mineral, saline and long.

-Jono Hersey, FWC

 

The NV Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Eloquence Grand Cru opens with equal notions of chalk, lemon and creaminess, all carried on an ozone breeze. The sprightly mousse is frothy but pliable, lending an extra sense of airiness and lightness to the slender palate. It is absolutely strait-laced and linear in the taut brisk house style, yet harmonious and deliciously bracing and fresh with lovely lemony length. Dosage is 3 grams per liter. Disgorged: November 2023.

91 points

Vinous.com - Anne Krebiehl MW

 

 

NV Champagne JL VERGNON Rosémotion Grand Cru Extra Brut

92% Chardonnay from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Oger and Avize. 8% Pinot Noir from Mailly Grand Cru. 20% reserve wine aged for three months in barrel, with the remaining 80% from a single vintage raised in stainless steel. 3 g/L dosage. Three years on lees. 2,000 bottles produced.

 

 

2014 Champagne JL VERGNON Hautes Mottes Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature

Chardonnay from Les Hautes Mottes, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. Zero dosage. Vinified and raised in barrel. Seven years on lees. 3,200 bottles produced.

The 2014 Brut Nature Hautes Mottes Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru, harvested in the eponymous parcel in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and vinified in 300-liter barrels, shimmers with an unusually golden tone. Its vinous nose is rich with baked apple, whipped double cream and crumbly shortcrust pastry, with a slight overtone of nuttiness. The palate is all saltiness, adding a touch of wet walnut skin funk to its exquisitely pure, salty, chalky depth while fine foam washes around like a roaring surf. This wine offers a wonderful juxtaposition of richness and bracing purity with a gorgeously visceral umami finish. Fine, long, unusual and so long. Dosage is zero. Disgorged: 23 November 2023.

95 points

Vinous.com - Anne Krebiehl MW

 

 

2014 Champagne JL VERGNON MSNL Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 

Chardonnay from Les Chétillons (Le Montrachet of Champagne) and Mussettes. Vinified in stainless steel. Nine years on lees. 1 g/L dosage. 3,448 bottles produced.

 

 

 

Harvest lunch. Beers served shortly after coffee but no wine was consumed until lunch.