Champagne Jean Noel Haton Blanc de Blancs Brut NV

95 POINTS

Huon Hooke

Light straw colour; the bouquet is light and youthful and shy, with notes of lemon and small white flowers, and it’s much the same in the mouth with refreshing lightness, zesty airiness and creamy texture, the aftertaste refreshing with lovely lemony acidity that really drives the wine. Penetrating intensity. A more racy, yet seamless, style.

95 POINTS

Huon Hooke - The Real Review

This brand is new to me, an exciting value brand. It’s based in Damery with vineyards in six Marne Valley villages. This is a fresh and zesty, highly appetising blanc de blancs, racy and penetrating, a classic chardonnay Champagne. Aromas are of lemon and small white flowers. It manages to have a light airiness as well as intensity, refreshing lemony acidity as well as some creaminess of texture.

91 POINTS

Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast

This producer based in Damery in the Marne Valley has made a well-balanced wine, poised between minerality, acidity and white fruits. Tangy, zesty and fruity, it is ready to drink now.

91 POINTS

James Suckling

This is showing aromas of pastries, pears and lemons, with a touch of salted caramel. It’s medium-bodied, sleek and supple, with fine bubbles. Soft blanc de blancs. Chardonnay.

90 POINTS

Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast

This crisp, delicate Blanc de Blancs is full of white fruit, but steely and citrusy on the palate. Taut, tight and complex with a layered acidity, this is a nervy, textured wine. Although it is ready to drink now, a few more months in the bottle will make it even better.