DEHOURS & FILS Champagne Extra Brut "La Croix Joly - Oeil de Perdrix" Reserve Perpetuelle NV

Wine Region: Champagne - France

Grape: Pinot Meunier

Tasting notes: Based on the 2020 vintage, complemented by some 11% reserve wines drawn from a perpetual reserve dating back to 1998, and disgorged in September 2022, Dehours's NV Extra-Brut Oeil de Perdrix offers up inviting aromas of pear, sweet red berries, verbena, honey and licorice. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and ample, with a pillowy mousse and supple, charming profile, it's a lovely Champagne. - William Kelley, The Wine Advocate

About the winery:
Established four generations ago in Cerseuil, a small village on the southern slopes of the valley, the house managed by Jerome Dehours has diversified vintages and styles, from a very fragmented vineyard on both banks of the Marne. Its champagnes of character, mainly built around the miller, offer a balance of tasty juice while playing on the wire of a fine oxidation managed from winemaking in old barrels. The assemblages of the years are particularly well-conducted and the parcel Cuvees reveal a very beautiful definition. Since 1996, Jerome Dehours has given life back to his beautiful 14-hectare estate in the Marne Valley in Champagne. Inspired by the great Anselme Selosse, Jerome started with organically - grown vineyards by way of expressing each of the magnificent terroirs he has at hand. The Domaine predominantly produces Pinot Meunier, a varietal best suited to this cooler area of Champagne, but also Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

Expert Rating: The Wine Advocate 92/100