2017 Champagne Agrapart & Fils, Minéral, Blanc de Blancs, Grand Cru, Extra Brut (Disgorged May 2023) cote-rotie It has a very taut

It has a very taut

Nicolas and David Rossignol report a healthy crop in quality and quantity

but it is a very serious Yquem in the making

gravel dust

garrigue and liquorice notes

2017 Champagne Agrapart & Fils, Minéral, Blanc de Blancs, Grand Cru, Extra Brut (Disgorged May 2023) cote-rotie It has a very tautThe 2017 Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Minral Grand Cru is gorgeous. It offers a beguiling mix of lemon confit, marzipan, spice and graphite, melding together notable textural richness and vibrancy. This is an especially open knit edition of the Minral. That's not a bad thing at all. There's an exotic quality to the 2017 that is perhaps not characteristic but makes this quite enjoyable. Vinous