AR Lenoble, Intense Mag 15, Champagne, France NV

With 45% of vin de réserve and a 2015 base, this cuvée from this independent house shows a delicate and lively bouquet with spring flowers, citrus and chalky notes. It has a dynamic and tense structure, perfectly balanced. This little house is starting to get the word out.

AR Lenoble stores most of its reserve wines in barrels and casks, but some are now kept in magnums under cork, which gives greater protection from oxidation. Mag 15 is a blend of 45% of these reserve wines with base wines from 2015. It has a saline nose with bright lemon and apple. It’s super-fresh, with razor-sharp saline acidity, green apple and richer hints of nougat and dough on the long finish