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L. Aubry Fils
L. Aubry Fils Brut, N.V. KAB-1
L. Aubry Fils Brut, N.V., 6/1.5L KAB-1M
L. Aubry Fils Brut, N.V., 1/3L KAB-1J
Half-half 2010-2009, 45% Meunier, 25% PN, 25% CH and 5% “other!” Disgorged January 2013. It’s the least dry wine
in the range, with RS between 5-6g/l. I drink this a lot, because here in Boston it’s poured a lot, because it’s wicked-good
with local oysters, because it tastes like local oysters if they were Champagne. It’s like the flesh and the shell, with a rusk-y,
rocky length; coppery, apple-skin, rye, mineral.
Montagne de Reims
L. Aubry Fils “Le Nombre d’Or Campaniae Veteres Vites” Brut, 2008 KAB-408
It means “the old vines of the countryside.”
20% “Pinots Gris et Blanc!” 20% Petit Meslier. 15% Arbanne. 15% Chard. 25% PN. 5% Meunier. The Chard was in
casks of 205-liters, average 3rd-use. RS is 3g/l. Disgorged Feb. 2013, and shows it. It’s a complicated critter, with the
whippet-sinew of `08, the chrome jaguar sleekness; right now the aromas are all Arbanne and Pinot Gris, but I’m curious
to watch where this goes.
L. Aubry Fils “La Nombre d’Or Sablé Blanc des Blancs” Brut, 2007 j KAB-807
A truly amazing wine, the best-ever vintage for this cuvée. 30%CH—20% Arbanne, 30% Petit Meslier and 20% Pinot
Blanc; it’s spicy, wolfish, clear and precise, with the fluffy texture of the low pressure; but the iron-salts and rye-toast are
striking, and the wine salivates for you on the finish. Disgorged November 2012.
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