95pts Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

With a delicate, elegant bouquet of spices, walnuts, white fruits and spring flowers, the 2016 Extra-Brut Grand Cru Rive Gauche – Rive Droite is medium to full-bodied and layered, with a deep core of fruit and a vinous, fresh texture, concluding with a long, ethereal finish. Crafted from equal parts Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, it was vinified and matured in barrels with no filtration and was disgorged with a dosage of three grams per liter.

94pst Jeb Dunnuck

A bright yellow hue, the 2016 Champagne Grand Cru Rive Gauche-Rive Droite Brut is equal parts Pinot Noir and Chardonnay and offers expressive notes of toast, graham cracker, orange peel, and white peach. Leaning toward full-bodied, it expands through the palate with richness as well as fully dry purity. It has a crystalline feel while its oak also adds a more yellow floral note of chamomile and savory broth which should amplify as it ages. Drink over the coming 10-15 years. 

92pts Vinous 

The 2016 Brut Rive Gauche-Rive Droite Grand Cru is a blend of equal parts Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from parcels in A , Avize, Chouilly and Oiry. Airy and perfumed in the glass, the 2016 is a Champagne of understated elegance more than anything else. White flowers, pear, mint, chamomile and crushed rocks are beautifully lifted. Dosage is 4 grams per liter. Disgorged: October 18, 2022.

Importer Notes

Jean-Paul Hébrart took over Marc Hébrart from his father in 1997. His father had been producing estate bottled wines since 1964 and joined the Club Trésors in 1985 Jean-Paul has slowly developed the estate in the last 20 years to one of the very finest grower estates in the Marne. The basis for these outstanding wines are the privileged holdings in Aÿ, including the newly purchased plots in Le Léon, Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, and Dizy in the Grande Vallée as well as Avize, Oiry and Chouilly in the Côte and recently acquired vineyards in Louvois in the Mountain. Jean-Paul harvests, presses and vinifies each of his over 85 plots separately, blending sites to make harmonious wines which reflect the personality of the grower as well as the terroir. A majority of the wines are fermented in steel, though old used barrels have become a part of his program for Rive Gauche-Rive Droite and his new wine, Clos de Léon, both of which are fermented and aged in neutral barrel.

The Hébrart wines are truly of both place and person, the kind, welcoming and generous qualities that Jean-Paul Hébrart exudes can be seen in all of his Champagnes. And while he could easily rest on his laurels at this point, JP instead continues to expand his range, experimenting with lower dosage levels in his benchmark cuvées, and producing stunning Coteaux Champenoise from recently acquired, historic vineyards.

Blend: 50% Pinot Noir, 50% Chardonnay

Organic

RM: Récoltant-Manipulant