Marc Hebrart Champagne Rose Brut 1er Cru NV

Notizen JoS:
sehr fein, toller Rosé, elegant, angenehm, bleibt lange haften, schöner Körper

-  WineSpeed, Karen Mac Neil (02/2023): „Marc Hébrart is one of my favorite Grower Champagnes, and I love the energy and vibrancy of their wines. Their Champagnes dance on the palate with a choreography all their own. This is a bone-dry filigreed rosé and tastes of spices, crystallline sea salt, warm homemade bread, and wild raspberries still on the briar. The Hebrart Champagnes also have that fantastic „starched“ texture that´s the result of grapes grown in top vineyard sites (Premier Cru and Grand Cru) on limestone soils. So very sumptuous and long.“

- 94 Punkte Tyson Stelzer’s Champagne Guide 2020: „Graced with Hébrart’s delicate touch, this magnificent cuvée embodies everything that makes Mareuil such a gorgeous terroir for refined rosé. An elegant dash of just 6.5% Mareuil pinot noir red wine creates a pretty, bright pale-salmon hue and delightful perfume of strawberry, red cherry, pink pepper and rose petal, uniting fragrant restraint with red fruit presence and outstanding poise and persistence. It contrasts primary, precocious freshness with the gorgeous, succulent fruit generosity that defines Mareuil – no small task, especially in the warm 2015 season. Its fragrant perfume lingers from start to finish, holding very long, flattering and characterful, sustained by beautifully poised acidity and the prominent, fine, signature chalk minerality of the village.“

- 93 Punkte WINE & SPIRITS Magazin: "(…) The Brut Rose actually has a little less pinot noir in the blend (50 percent), but hebrart adds nine percent Mareuil pinot noir that he vinifies as a still wine and ages for a year in old barriques. The result is a wine that is delicately but assertively red, with sweet strawberry and tart cherry flavors encircled by mouthwatering minerality. It manages to come across as both austere and seductively delicious – a combination that's a Hebrart signature."

- 92 Punkte VINOUS, Antonio Galloni (11/2020): "The NV Brut Rosé is flat-out delicious. The word 'balance' is so overused in wine, but I really can't think of a better way to describe the Brut Rosé. It is not nervy nor overly rich, but just impeccable in its poise and overall harmony. A healthy amount of Pinot lends volume and intensity to this Chardonnay-based Rosé. This is the sort of wine that is opened and disappears within a few minutes. This release is a blend of vintages 2017 and 2016. Disgorged: August, 2019."

- 90 Punkte Robert Parkers WINE ADVOCATE, William Kelley: "Aromas of sweet red berries, fresh pastry, orange rind and spices introduce Hébrart's latest NV Brut Premier Cru Rosé, a medium to full-bodied, elegant and charming wine with a delicate core of fruit, fine-boned structure and a mouthwateringly chalky finish. It was disgorged earlier this year."

- Christian Göldenboog & Oliver Rüther im wunderbaren Buch „Die Champagner Macher“: „Bei Hebrarts Champagner komm stets Freude auf, so als hätte die Horn-Section von Earth, Wind & Fire gerade zum Blasen angesetzt, ....“

- 2* Champagner Spezialist PETER LIEM: "Last but certainly not least, Hébrart has steadily been gaining a devoted following for his outstanding rosé champagne, made from equal parts pinot noir and chardonnay, all from Mareuil-sur-Aÿ. It’s blended with ten percent of Mareuil pinot vinified as red wine, fermented and aged in barrel for one year.
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"This is a blend of 50 percent chardonnay, 43.5 percent pinot noir and 6.5 percent pinot noir vinified as red wine, all from Mareuil-sur-Aÿ. It’s silky and seductive, its red fruit flavors feeling ample and insistent yet elegantly refined. The red wine was aged for one year in barrel, providing a hint of harmonious tannin that seems to energize the finish, and the aromas persist with long, filigreed length. Last tasted: 3/17"
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Hébrart’s wines have a broad appeal: if you like to think about your wines, they’re intellectually engaging enough to satisfy you; on the other hand, if you’re just looking to drink, they’re simply delicious. The wines are full and generous without being weighty, complex and soil-driven without being demanding. Overall, the entire range is of consistently high quality, and Hébrart is quickly becoming one of the finest grower estates in the Grande Vallée. Happily, his wines also represent excellent value for the money, at least for the moment."

- 90 Punkte DECANTER "ten top grower champagnes to try": "Equal parts Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, sourced from Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, this encases its exuberant fruit within a sleek, racy structure, feeling succulently ripe yet imparting an elegant impression, thanks to its silky texture and graceful overall balance. 2015-2018."

- www.divinguide.se, Best Champagne, Frederik Schelin (11/20): "Dry, fresh and fresh ros6. Lovely inviting and light elements of red currants, strawberries, red sun-warmed apples and blood grapefruit."

- GAULT & MILLAU: "En bouche, le vin se montre fin et tendu, tout en droiture et minéralité. Le côté gourmand de ce rosé tient plus à la note de cerise juteuse qu'a la suavité du vin. Le dosage en extra-brut prolonge le style jusque dans une fin de bouche salivate et fraiche."

- +(+) TERRY THEISE 2019 Terry Theise Estate Selections Champagne: "This edition is more fruit-forward than usual, after a relatively restrained aroma, and yet the nature of that fruit is for the up-front PN to almost tangibly dissolve and leave the most delicate wash of Chard, white, tea, and balsam and blossom—like the parting of a curtain. It’s 58% Chard in fact, from Mareuil, all  016. Then 35% PN, also Mareuil, all 2015. Finally 7% still red, from Mareuil, 2015, vinified in barrel. Deg 7/2018."