Pouillon Champagne Solera Extra Brut Premier Cru NV

50% Pinot Noir, 50% Chardonnay von Premier Cru Lagen aus Mareuil sur Aÿ; Kreideboden und tiefgründiger Lehm; Ausbau in Edelstahl und Emaille, Malolaktik; 50 % Anteil an Reserveweinen, die aus einer 1997 begonnenen Solera stammen; Gärung mit den natürlichen Hefen; Ausbau in französischen Eichenholzfässern, Lagerung der Reserveweine in 75 hl Fässern aus französischer Eiche; abgefüllt 18 Monate nach dem Hauptjahrgang, mindestens 36 Monate auf der Hefe in der Flasche;  Dosage 2,0 g/l Extra Brut. Nur 3800 Flaschen pro Jahr werden produziert. ANMERKUNG: Früher wurde dieser Champagner noch Brut Vigneron genannt, Ende 2013 wurde er nach seiner Machart Solera benannt.
- Notizen des Weinguts: "This is our generational-wine. With the Solera winemaking process, young and older wines mutually share their features. I immediately liked this idea of transmission and the principle of perpetual rejuvenation. As a result, Solera thrives for a nearly generation!”

- 95 Punkte Meiningers Sommelier Magazin (11/2022): "offen, ultra expressiv, Muscheln, auch etwas Safran, Olivenlake, Algen, Thaibasilikum, Apfeltarte, Lakritz; alles auf den Punkt, kreidig-salzig, viel Umami, extrem animierend."

- 94 Punkte Robert Parkers WINE ADVOCATE, Stephan Reinhardt: "The NV Premier Cru Solera Extra Brut is a 50/50 blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay kept in a wooden solera that includes all the vintages between 1997 and 2012; each year, 30% of the wine in the solera is taken out for this cuvée. The newest disgorgement (November 2017) offers a clear, intense and complex but also aromatic bouquet with concentrated fruit aromas and a great, flinty expression of the clay and chalky soils of Mareuil-sur-Aÿ. Pure and quite rich on the palate, this is a dry, beautifully salty, very pure and persistent Extra Brut with a long, complex finish. A great mix of finesse, freshness and complexity. Tasted April 2018."

- 93 Punkte JEB DUNNUCK (11/2023): “A wild beast of a wine, the NV Champagne Premier Cru Solera Extra Brut is equal parts Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from 1997 through 2017 and coming from the village of Mareuil-sur-Aÿ. It pours a bright straw color and is deep and complex in its aromatics, unfolding to reveal wild aromas that are savory and funky with notes of curry spices and chutney. (It almost gets into blue cheese-like aromas.) It does benefit from air on opening, so I would recommend decanting if opening it in its youth. Full-bodied and complex, it has a deep mineral texture and cleans up in the glass to reveal notes of ripe apricot, red fruit, and toasted incense. Long on the palate, it is a powerful wine once opened and has a pinpoint mousse and a more savory, rounded texture. This is a singular wine with a lot of textural richness and layers. Drink 2023-2033. 4 grams per liter dosage, disgorgement December 2022.“

- 4/5 Sterne GERHARD EICHELMANN: "… zeigt viel Reife Frucht im Bouquet, gelbe und rote Früchte, feine rauchige Noten, ist sanft im Mund, füllig, harmonisch, besitzt gute Substanz und feine Länge.”

- PETER LIEM: "This is a blend of equal parts chardonnay and pinot noir, all from Mareuil-sur-Aÿ: half of it comes from the 2008 harvest, while the other half is reserve wine, stored in a perpetual cuvée that dates back to at least 1997. It’s rich in flavor and full in body, showing a chewy, waxy depth on the palate, yet it finishes with bright acidity, keeping its aromas tautly focused. With its density and weight, it’s not an aperitif champagne, and it likely needs food to show its best. Last tasted: 4/13"

- 17 GAULT MILLAU: "Magnifique travail d'équilibriste pour cette cuvée Soléra. L'oxydation est discrète et laisse s'exprimer un fruit encore très frais et surmonté d'une grande minéralité. Subtil toucher pour une bouche très élégante. La finale fraîche aux reflets torréfiés complète ce portrait d'un champagne accompli."

- 19/20 Punkte und COUP DE COEUR im französischen Weinführer BETTANE & DESSEAUVE (2015): „Haute voltige technique entre une légère oxydation, parfaitement équilibrée par une structure de milieu et de fin de bouche, on a ici une solera exemplaire."

- Miloš Danihelka, L’Fleur Bar in Prague: “So many wines within a single wine! It reflects the way in which it was made, a subtle combination of assets: the heat of Mareuil’s legendary slopes, the cold of deep chalk, the crispness of the maturing process, the balance of dried, candied and stewed fruit, associated with smooth aromas and minerality.”

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