Tamlyn Currin’s L&S Grower Champagne Reviews

100% Pinot Noir from a single parcel in Le Breuil called La Brousse where they have diseased vines producing some very beautiful bunches of grapes with tiny berries and great concentration. South-south-west-facing plot o...(read more)

70% Chardonnay, 25% Pinot Noir, 5% Pinot Meunier, from premiers crus Bisseuil (80%), Mesnil-sur-Oger (15%), Mareuil-sur-Aÿ (5%). 80% from 2020. Tirage April 2021, disgorged July 2023. Dosage 4 g/l. Beautiful nose. F...(read more)

80% Meunier, 10% Chardonnay, 10% Pinot Noir. From 50-year-old vines in Monthelon and Mancy (Côteaux Sud d'Épernay) and 45-year-old vines in Boursault (Vallée de la Marne). 73% from 2016, 27% from thei...(read more)

Wow. Every sip here is a thrill. The Latitude is a very dry blend of 100% Chardonnay from Vertus (this is in fact an extra-brut), elegant and pure flavours, making for an interesting contrast to the Egly-Ouriet style. Br...(read more)

Fleurie-la-Rivière fruit. Reserve wines from vintages from 2014 to 2019 inclusive. About half Pinot Meunier and the rest Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
Fresh and lacy with more than a hint of marzipan. Gentle....(read more)

100% Chardonnay. Vinified in 2- and 3-year-old second-hand barrels from Meursault. Five years sur lattes. Dosage 4 g/l. 1,500 bottles. Unfurls, broad and confident but exactingly precise. Pure, pure grapefruit fruit. Tar...(read more)

Tandem because: two grape varieties (50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir), two communes (Fleury-la-Rivière plus a little bit of Damery), two vinification methods (barrel and stainless steel), and two people (Guillaume...(read more)

70% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir from old vines in the premiers crus of Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Avenay Val d'Or and Bisseuil. A blend of 2019 and 2020. Three years sur lattes. Disgorged 9 February 2023.
A deliciously f...(read more)

80% Pinot Noir and 20% Chardonnay. From lieux-dits Faubourg d'Enfer, Pruches, Haut-Varille, Croix Blanche, Maladrie, Beauregard, Ramonette, Buisson St-Loup, Cotes and Sente des Demoiselles. From vintages 2018 and 2019. D...(read more)

100% Pinot Noir from a 0.6-ha vineyard on Campanien chalk soils. 30-year-old vines farmed organically and biodynamically. Vinfied in barrels and aged on lees for eight months before bottling for secondary fermentation. D...(read more)

100% Pinot Noir from an ungrafted single vineyard in Écueil premier cru, mostly planted in 1973. Nicolas’ father noticed that in this sandy plot the vines that were doing best were the ones which ‘jumped the graft...(read more)

100% Pinot Noir, mostly 2019. Fermented in barrels, unfiltered, no added sulphites. Dosage 1 g/l. Disgorged February 2022.
Swirls of smoke and quince and guava and dried pears. Inset with jewelled acidity and wide...(read more)