2014 Blanc de Blancs La Bolorée

These new releases from Cédric Bouchard are off the charts great. There is not much more to add than that. Stylistically, Bouchard's Champagne represent the deconstruction of the basic tenets that have informed Champagne from the very beginning; most importantly the key principle that blending grapes, sites and vintages produces the most complete wines. All of Bouchard's Champagnes are single variety, single site and single vintage wines. Low yields, fermentation and aging in tank with indigenous yeasts, very fine mousse and bottling with no fining or filtration allow the purest essence of grape variety, site and vintage to come through with a level of precision that is uncommonly rare in Champagne, and, more broadly, in wine. These are some of my very favorite wines from any region in the world. I rarely pass up a chance to drink them, and neither should you.