Champagne Agrapart - Blanc de Blancs Mineral Extra Brut 2012

95 points – Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
“The 2012 Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Extra Brut Minéral … offers an excitingly pure, precise and fresh iodine‑scented bouquet with elegant, concentrated fruit intermixed with chalky notes. On the palate, this is a great Blanc de Blancs that is clear, pure and balanced yet round, crisp and complex, with great finesse. It has a well‑structured, very mineral and tensioned finish that also reveals intense, focused fruit and lingering salinity.”
Nose: A strikingly pure, iodine‑tinged bouquet layered with concentrated orchard and citrus fruits, all woven through flinty, chalk‑dust nuances.
Palate: Medium‑to‑full‑bodied yet impeccably balanced—round and crisp at once—with a core of sinewy minerality underpinning ripe apple, pear and subtle brioche notes.
Finish: Long, tensioned and salivatingly saline, it echoes the fruit and mineral interplay with laser‑like focus.
Serve very chilled (8–10 °C) as a refined aperitif or alongside fresh shellfish (oysters, scallops) to highlight its crystalline purity and mouthwatering salinity.