Gerbais/Pierre Extra Brut Champagne Bochot NV

92+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "This is another of Aurélien Gerbais’ series of single vineyard, perpetual cuvée bottlings, of which Bochot is a parcel planted entirely to pinot meunier. However, this wine is a bit younger in its evolution in the single parcel program, as the vines here were only planted in 2010, so 2016 was the first year where Aurélien felt the fruit was ready to start the solera for the wine, so this current release is from the base year of 2017, with its fifty percent solera in the blend only from the previous year. Like all of the other wines in the series, it was bottled up for secondary fermentation in June of 2018, disgorged in April of 2021 and given three grams per liter of dosage. It offers up a bright and complex bouquet of nectarine, brioche, a potpourri of meunier floral tones, limestone minerality and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and complex, with a lovely core, excellent mineral drive and cut, frothy mousse and a long, beautifully balanced and complex finish. This is first class juice! 2022-2045. (Nov/Dec 2021)"