Wine name: Saignée de Meunier Brut Nature
Producer: Champagne Lelarge-Pugeot
Country / region: France / Champagne Premier Cru
Grape variety: pinot meunier
Vintage: 2015 (disgorged June 2021)
Price / place purchased: 72.00 € / Lavinia
Category: Champagne
Champagne Fleury – Fleur de l’Europe Brut Nature (2018 base)
Wine name: Fleur de l’Europe Brut Nature
Producer: Champagne Fleury
Country / region: France / Champagne
Grape variety: 85% pinot noir, 15% chardonnay
Vintage: non-vintage (66% 2018 harvest, 34% reserve wines aged in oak; bottled in July 2019, disgorged in May 2024)
Price / place purchased: 45.50 € / Duvernay, Annemasse
Champagne Jacquesson – Cuvée n° 748 Extra Brut
Wine name: Cuvée n° 748 Extra Brut
Producer: Champagne Jacquesson
Country / region: France / Champagne
Grape variety: purportedly 55% chardonnay, 30% pinot noir & 15% pinot meunier
Vintage: non-vintage (2020 harvest; disgorgement in August 2024)
Price / place purchased: 72.00 € / Lavinia
Champagne Ruppert-Leroy – Fosse Grely Brut Nature 2022
Wine name: Fosse Grely Brut Nature
Producer: Champagne Ruppert-Leroy
Country / region: France / Champagne
Grape variety: 50% pinot noir, 50% chardonnay
Vintage: 2022 (disgorged September 2024)
Price / place purchased: 64.00 € / Duvernay, Annemasse
Champagne Fleury – BdN Blanc de Noirs Brut (2019 base)
Wine name: BdN Blanc de Noirs Brut
Producer: Champagne Fleury
Country / region: France / Champagne
Grape variety: pinot noir
Vintage: non-vintage (45% 2019 harvest, bottled in June 2020, disgorged in September 2024)
Price / place purchased: 42.50 € / Duvernay, Annemasse
2nd tasting: Champagne Emmanuel Brochet – Les Hauts Meuniers Extra Brut 2011
Wine name: Les Hauts Meuniers Extra Brut
Producer: Champagne Emmanuel Brochet
Country / region: France / Villers aux Noeuds, Champagne
Grape variety: pinot meunier
Vintage: 2011
Price / place purchased: 129 CHF / Globus, Geneva
Champagne Deutz – William Deutz Brut 2008
Wine name: William Deutz Brut
Producer: Champagne Deutz
Country / region: France / Champagne
Grape variety: 62% pinot noir, 34% chardonnay, 4% pinot meunier
Vintage: 2008
Price / place purchased: 119.00 € / Duvernay, Annemasse