Marie-Noelle LeDru, Champagne Grand Cru Cuvee du Goulte, 2009 SO080426 Familly Mousse all beautifully complemented by notes

all beautifully complemented by notes of toasted oak and vanilla

But the vineyard's terroir—younger vines

then aged 4-5 years with no topping off

The 2023 has the structure to drink now with air or hold a few years

and orris root

Marie-Noelle LeDru, Champagne Grand Cru Cuvee du Goulte, 2009 SO080426 Familly Mousse all beautifully complemented by notesMarie Nolle Ledru retired after the 2016 harvest, so every bottle of this is finite and this is the wine she was best known for. "Goult" is Champenois dialect for the first run juice off the press, the finest fraction of the pressing, and that is exactly what this is: 100% Pinot Noir Blanc de Noirs from her best mid slope parcels in the Grand Cru village of Ambonnay, the heart of the two hectares she farmed essentially organically and by hand across