2002 Salon - Le Mesnil Blanc de BlancsColour : Sparkling Producer : Salon Label Name : Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Country : France Region : Champagne Variety : Proprietary Blend Vintage : 2002 Capacity : 750 ml Standard Bottle Rating : RP95 Robert Parker Wine Advocate Tasting Note : Subtle aromas of brioche, iodine and walnuts now inflect its bouquet of ripe lemon, green apple and crushed chalk, and on the palate, the wine is full bodied, broad and powerful, with a fine mousse and

cooling menthol

which needs more time to integrate (though it is not an Haut-Brion that is going to demand years and years in bottle)

The Paring assembles a more diverse portfolio including Sauvignon Blanc

—Bruce Sanderson

The domaine is particularly noted for the originality of its range and the quality of its single-parcel

At over a decade from harvest

The wine is produced in exceptionally small quantities from the oldest and most precisely selected vines in the Ogier portfolio

Finishes very long and suavely tannic

(Joe Czerwinski

—Robert Parker (05/2011) Note: All images are for illustrative purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product

Dark violet color

in the truest sense