Pierre Peters Cuvee Speciale les Chetillons Brut 2016 (750ML)

96 WS / 93 AG

This enticing Champagne glides across the palate with the cool poise of Grace Kelly on the big screen, showing finesse and elegant detail but also a sense of vitality that makes it hard to stop sipping. Creamy in texture, this is driven by chiseled acidity, which makes a finely knit frame for flavors of ripe green apple, crunchy white peach, blanched almond, fleur de sel and blood orange pith as they expand on the palate and the lasting finish. Drink now through 2036. 150 cases imported. - Alison Napjus, Wine Spectator
The 2016 Brut Cuvée Spéciale Les Chétillons is gorgeous. Light on its feet and intensely aromatic, the 2016 is an absolute delight. Dried lemon peel, almond, crushed flowers, tropical fruit and chamomile all grace this super-expressive Chétillons. Light inflections of botrytis linger. Slightly forward aromas and flavors suggest the 2016 will be an early-drinking Chétillons, but I doubt that will be an issue for most readers. If anything, the 2016 shows the kind of complexity that usually only comes with time. It's a fine effort in a challenging vintage. Disgorged: November 2022. Dosage is 4 grams per liter. - Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media