Region: Champagne
Varieties: 40% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot Noir, 25% Meunier
Country: France
Vintage: NV
Style: Brut
Dosage: 9 g/L
Format: 750 mL
The Wine
Brut Apanage takes the freshness and fine bubbles of Pommery’s house style and gives it more breadth. The house created it to carry from the apéritif into the meal, selecting fruit from 17 Premier and Grand Cru villages. Chardonnay leads the blend, with Pinot Noir and Meunier giving it a fuller, rounder palate.
The wine spends at least four years in Pommery’s chalk cellars in Reims and rests for a further six months after disgorgement. That time gives the wine much of its character. Orange blossom and ripe pear sit alongside notes of shortbread, dried apricot and vanilla. The mousse is fine, the middle is soft and creamy, and a little pink grapefruit brings the finish back into focus.
Cellared Says
Whenever I put this into a blind line-up, it gets picked. For me, it’s a benchmark for classic Brut: fine bubbles, freshness all the way through and enough cellar age to give it that lovely hint of toast. What makes it memorable is how generous it feels in the middle of the palate and how cleanly it finishes. With the label covered, that’s the difference between a wine that gets a nod for getting everything right and one people go back to for another taste. I’d happily keep a few bottles of this on hand as my house Champagne.
Reviews
“Hard to resist this charming and characterful champagne.”
93 Points — Stuart Pigott, JamesSuckling.com
“Pommery sets a reliably good Brut NV benchmark with this Apanage …”
Patrick Schmitt MW, The Drinks Business
Gold — The Champagne Masters 2022
Silver — Decanter World Wine Awards
Region: Champagne
Varieties: 40% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot Noir, 25% Meunier
Country: France
Vintage: NV
Style: Brut
Dosage: 9 g/L
Format: 750 mL
The Wine
Brut Apanage takes the freshness and fine bubbles of Pommery’s house style and gives it more breadth. The house created it to carry from the apéritif into the meal, selecting fruit from 17 Premier and Grand Cru villages. Chardonnay leads the blend, with Pinot Noir and Meunier giving it a fuller, rounder palate.
The wine spends at least four years in Pommery’s chalk cellars in Reims and rests for a further six months after disgorgement. That time gives the wine much of its character. Orange blossom and ripe pear sit alongside notes of shortbread, dried apricot and vanilla. The mousse is fine, the middle is soft and creamy, and a little pink grapefruit brings the finish back into focus.
Cellared Says
Whenever I put this into a blind line-up, it gets picked. For me, it’s a benchmark for classic Brut: fine bubbles, freshness all the way through and enough cellar age to give it that lovely hint of toast. What makes it memorable is how generous it feels in the middle of the palate and how cleanly it finishes. With the label covered, that’s the difference between a wine that gets a nod for getting everything right and one people go back to for another taste. I’d happily keep a few bottles of this on hand as my house Champagne.
Reviews
“Hard to resist this charming and characterful champagne.”
93 Points — Stuart Pigott, JamesSuckling.com
“Pommery sets a reliably good Brut NV benchmark with this Apanage …”
Patrick Schmitt MW, The Drinks Business
Gold — The Champagne Masters 2022
Silver — Decanter World Wine Awards
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