Pommery Brut Champagne Apanage 1874 NV

92 points Wine Spectator: "[$95 list] An elegant Champagne, with flavors of white peach and raspberry fruit, smoked almond, and blood orange sorbet riding the plush, finely detailed mousse. Offering juicy, refreshing acidity, this is well-knit, with hints of fleur de sel, verbena and vanilla lingering on the finish. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier. Drink now through 2030. (8/31/25)"

Producer notes: "Honoring the historical legacy of 17 crus, Apanage Brut 1874 creates a distinctive backbone, featuring outstanding terroirs, including the magnificent Clos Pompadour in Reims. This blend integrates great vintages—primarily the superb 2018, with touches of 2015 and 2012—to highlight the Cuvée’s originality. With a predominance of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from the finest origins, complemented by exceptional Meuniers from the Montagne de Reims and the Grande Vallée de la Marne, it is crafted to be appreciated by a broad spectrum of connoisseurs. Apanage Brut 1874 is aged for 48 months in the Butte Saint-Nicaise crayères (chalk pits) and features a low dosage to align with contemporary preferences. As a remarkable bottle, it reinterprets all dimensions of tasting—flavors, freshness, tension, salinity, minerality, sweetness, bitterness, and umami. Apanage Brut 1874 stands as an outstanding expression of Maison Pommery’s identity, embodying absolute purity.ensions of tasting through its flavours, freshness or tension, salinity or minerality, sweetness, bitterness and umami. Apanage Brut 1874 is an outstanding expression of Maison Pommery’s identity: absolute purity."