2002 Brut Cuvée Spéciale Les Chétillons

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Le Mesnil Sur Oger

Champagne

Color

Sparkling White

Grape/Blend

Chardonnay (2017 vintage)

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2018 - 2028

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There is a lot to like in these new releases from Rodolphe Péters. The flagship Chétillons and the newer Reserve Oubliée and ultra-premium Etonnant Monsieur Victor get most of the attention, but for my money, the Esprit is the wine to buy in this range, especially in top vintages like 2013. As always, these Champagnes stand out for the purity of expression of Chardonnay as grown in top sights in the Côtes des Blancs. Pierre Péters fans will also want to be on the lookout for the new project taking shape in Santa Barbara with Justin Willett and Étienne de Montille.

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There is a lot to like in these new releases from Rodolphe Péters. The flagship Chétillons and the newer Reserve Oubliée and ultra-premium Etonnant Monsieur Victor get most of the attention, but for my money, the Esprit is the wine to buy in this range, especially in top vintages like 2013. As always, these Champagnes stand out for the purity of expression of Chardonnay as grown in top sights in the Côtes des Blancs. Pierre Péters fans will also want to be on the lookout for the new project taking shape in Santa Barbara with Justin Willett and Étienne de Montille.

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I tasted a number of gorgeous wines during my most recent visit with Rodolphe Péters. Several of these new releases are based on the 2013 vintage, a year that produced compelling wines in the Côte des Blancs, with high natural sugars and equally elevated acids, a rare combination to be sure. The growing season, as measured by the time from flowering to harvest, exceeded 100 days, a classic parameter for a high quality year. The first 2013s from this cellar suggest Péters captured all the potential I sensed when I tasted the vins clairs in March 2014.

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These are the first wines Rodolphe Péters made in his new cuverie. As noted previously, Péters decided to release his signature 2008 Les Chétillons with an extra year of bottle age, so it is a current release. On the subject of vintages, Péters likens 2012 to 2002 and 2013 to 2008. The two younger vintages figure prominently in the NV wines of the last two years, so the comparisons are intriguing, to say the least. Péters fans will note the addition of a new wine to the range, the L'Etonnant Monsieur Victor, as well as two releases of the Oenothèque series of the flagship Les Chétillons.

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This wine was tasted at La Festa del Barolo 2011 at Del Posto, New York, in March 2011

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I can't recommend these two Champagnes from Pierre Péters highly enough. In particular, the vintage Blanc de Blancs, from the Chétillons vineyard in Mesnil, is one of the region's great wines, with a brilliant track record for aging as I discovered when I visited the property earlier this year.

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