critic reviews
The NV Brut Vignes de la Vallée is deep, resonant and super-expressive. Reserve wines in this blend (30%) add notable complexity as well as depth. Lemon confit, hazelnut, dried flowers, earthiness, mint and tangerine oil all grace this wonderfully fleshy, resonant Meunier-based NV offering from Dehours. Dosage is 2.3 grams per liter. Disgorged: October, 2020.
Based on the 2014 vintage and disgorged in October 2020 with only 2.3 grams per liter dosage, Dehours's NV Brut Les Vignes de la Vallee is showing beautifully, wafting from the glass with aromas of crisp yellow orchard fruit, mandarin orange, nectarine, acacia honey and subtle hints of wheat toast and iodine. Medium to full-bodied, seamless and incisive, it's bright and pillowy, its elegantly fleshy core of fruit underpinned by a tangy spine of acidity and complemented by a pretty pinpoint mousse. This is a terrific bottling that's well worth seeking out.