2019 Adrien Renoir, Elevage Long 1x750ml

Jeb Dunnuck 95

The 2019 Champagne Elevage Long is entirely Pinot Noir and is the most robust wine in the range, with the base wine aged for two years in barrel. Revealing notes of fresh baked bread, licorice, wet stone and Amarena black cherries, it’s elegant and refined on the palate while having power (the proverbial iron fist in a velvet glove). It’s long on the palate and fully dry, with a chalky texture, a refined mousse, and a long finish. A very impressive wine from Adrien Renoir, it captures the wonderful potential of this vintage. Drink it over the next 15 or more years. [Audrey Frick, 11/17/2023]