"Some of the most remarkable
vinous excitement" -David Schildknecht
2012 Belluard Mont Blanc Brut Zero
If we're going to reach for a sparkling wine outside of Champagne, chances are it will be Belluard's Mont Blanc.
That goes a long way in explaining just how beautifully composed, elegant and simply compelling Belluard's Mont Blanc is.
Belluard's 2012 Mont Blanc is easily one of the best we've seen from him. The sense of cut, clarity and overall completeness is just stunning.
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This is a wine that I buy at least a few bottles of every vintage to stash in the cellar for the complexity and fascination. It's for this reason that we created special 4-pack pricing. You can expect it to improve over the next 7-10 years.
Belluard is based in the town of Ayse in the Savoie region. Even for Savoie, Ayse is an obscure corner pushed way over to the eastern edge of France, bordering on Switzerland. The local white grape is the rare and esoteric Gringet grape. In the 19th century, Ayse was famous for the quality of its sparkling wines. Only sparkling wine can be labeled Ayse AOC and tasting Mont Blanc, it really does seem that in this area Gringet is capable of producing really impressive sparkling wine.
Mont Blanc comes from a single parcel (Belluard's highest altitude site) that's composed of iron-stained clay and limestone. From here, Belluard produces a crystal clear and beautifully textural sparkler that never fails to captivate. I've drunk many bottles of the 2012 Mont Blanc and it's clear that Belluard hit a new level of purity and detail. There's a shockingly clear alpine stony, floral cut. Belluard is fanatical about vineyard work and you can see it really paying off.
Belluard has quickly become a star. Not so long ago, the incredibly astute wine writer David Schildknecht called Belluard's wines "some of the most remarkable... vinous excitement and promise I have witnessed anywhere in France during the past decade." When you taste the 2012 Mont Blanc, it's obvious how deserved this excitement and praise is.
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Joe Salamone
Wine Buyer
Crush Wine & Spirits
2012 Belluard Mont Blanc Brut Zero