The 2009 Champagne Le Clos Saint Hillaire pours a copper/straw color with depth and offers notes of red fruit, bitter almond, toasted nuttiness, toasty black cherry, Dr. Pepper, orange, grapefruit, brothy umami, mushrooms, and tobacco. Full-bodied, it's savory and mouthwatering, with a chalky, pithy texture that is chiseled and ripe, with a spicy mousse. A rich vintage but very well balanced, it has outstanding length and persistence on the palate with good focus that keeps it dialed in. A contemplative and cigar-type wine with a long sensation, drink it over the coming 20 years. One hundred percent barrel-fermented, they only bottle when the result of the vin clair is good; they choose to bottle or not to bottle the wine based on selection and the prise de mousse. Disgorged in January 2024 with 2 grams per liter dosage. They are holding back their 2008, which they plan to release, but this vintage will come first.
Maturity 2025 - 2045
- Audrey Frick (12/2025)
