L AUBRY FILS
Brut Champagne NV

"This NV Brut Premier Cru is wonderfully expressive on the nose. Exotic passion fruit, dried apricots, spices and mango emerge from the creamy textured, mid-weight frame. The wine continues to blossom on the palate in an utterly captivating display of class."

The Aubry Brut is 60% Pinot Meunier ("Don't call it Pinot Meunier," they say, "but simply Meunier;" this I henceforth do) and 20% each Chardonnay and Point Noir. The Aubrys make a strong case for taking Meunier seriously. Pretty flavors of pumpernickel and sorghum. It's playful and lithe, like a dancer. It flies on a giddy trapeze of fruit, at once both tingly and velouté, almost starchy.  Robert Parker's
The Wine Advocate : 91 Points Dec 2009

"Light peach skin color. Cinnamon, poached pear, apple, honey and smoke on the pungent nose. Fleshy orchard fruit flavors are complicated by floral honey and candied ginger, with impressive back-end grip. Reminds me a lot of a wine from Krug. Finishes with very good grip and an echo of ginger." 
92 Points-Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

"There's a nice graininess to the texture, making this lively and defining its bread dough, apple and grapefruit flavors. Turns crisp, but stays balanced, with a dry, mouthwatering finish." 
90 Points-The Wine Spectator

This Champagne is definitely "Farmer Fizz" having been lovingly crafted from start to finish on a single estate.  "Farmer Fizz" is a reflection of the growing season and how the farmer/wine maker adjusted to the conditions.  The price you pay for "Grower Champagne" is a reflection of what it actually cost the vigneron to make the wine not what a giant corporation pays to promote their wine.  "Framer Fizz" tastes different vintage to vintage because the wine maker isn't trying to shove a square peg into a round hole simply to create a wine that tastes the same year after year.  We love small producers.  Try a Bottle of "Grower Champagne" next time you have a special occasion or are simply in the mood.