NVGallois-Bouché“Préface”BrutChampagne,France

<p>Guillaume Gallois works full-time at Bollinger and has only just begun to make and <u></u><u></u>commercialize his own wines from his own vines. His non-vintage Brut bottling of “Préface” is made from a cépages of sixty percent chardonnay and forty percent pinot noir grown in Vertus. <u></u><u></u>This release is from the base year of 2022, but Guillaume decided to use fifty percent reserve wines <u></u><u></u>for this release from the perpetual reserve solera he started for this cuvée in 2015. Seventy percent <u></u><u></u>of the vins clairs are fermented and raised in stainless steel tanks, with the balance in old barrels. <u></u><u></u>Consequently, seventy percent of the blend went through malolactic for this bottling. It was <u></u><u></u>finished with a dosage of 7.5 grams per liter, but with its fine spine of acidity, seems drier than <u></u><u></u>that. The bouquet is excellent, wafting from the glass in a mix of pear, apple, hazelnut, a fine base <u></u><u></u>of chalky soil tones, dried flowers, gentle smokiness and a very discreet touch of buttery oak. On <u></u><u></u>the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, crisp and complex, with a lovely core of fruit, fine soil <u></u><u></u>signature, elegant mousse and a long, impeccably balanced and vibrant finish. </p>