Bruno Michel Champagne "Assemblée" Brut, N/V

From the importer:

The Bruno Michel ‘Assemblée’ Brut is the estate’s NV blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier. Once a vintage has been harvested, parcels and grapes are separated into vats so that the base wines can be fermented. For Assemblée Brut, a mix of the current vintage (vast majority) is then blended with reserve vintages and terroirs, dependent upon flavor profile, supply on hand, and an overall goal to showcase the Bruno Michel character of land and the fruit. In the spring following the harvest, the wine is stabilized and filtered, a liqueur de tirage is added when bottled, it is then capped and laid to rest for many years in the cellar for its second fermentation and long lees aging. Once the wine is deemed ready, the small team at the winery blind tastes the blend with different amounts of neutral sugar (no liqueur d’expedition is used) in order to determine the dosage while retaining the house style of terroir driven Champagne (there is no yearly ‘recipe’ for these Champagnes). The extraordinary result is elegant on the nose, full of pastry, quince, lime, almond, nougat, and pistachio, while the palate offers remarkable texture, rich with minerality, fleshy fruit, and vibrant lemony acidity.