Champagne Brut Nature Jolie Promenade

I grew up with the champagnes of my good friend Cédric Bouchards – Champagne Roses de Jeanne – who is a purist through and through, whose wines are spontaneously fermented, aromatically neutral and never dosed, and which always come from a single vintage. Over the years, Cédric's magical wines have shaped me, dominated my perspective, and ensured that I, like a vampire hunter, protectively held up the cross to the bloodsucker the moment we met, holding my hand over my glass as soon as a wood-aged champagne was about to be poured. No, I have definitely not mellowed with age, but my horizons broadened when we tasted Julien's Jolie Promenade. A Chardonnay aged partly in wooden barrels and partly in steel, which Julien bottled without any dosage. Even though Henin works with a house reserve, which I'm not used to, I really enjoyed this wine. Even the fact that the wood aromas are quite present, but don't bother me at all, is probably due to the knowledge that these aromas from the wooden barrels become more subtle with each vintage that Julien produces, until they are no longer perceptible. So, this is a wine from the young Champagne scene, a new generation, pleasantly complementary and an immense pleasure for all those who, like us, want to sharpen their senses and be there when something great is created, for whom it is a magical moment to see a phoenix rise from the ashes. Are you one of us?