Dhondt-Grellet, Champagne Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru 'Cramant', NV [2022] champagne-template and toasted almonds lead into

and toasted almonds lead into a palate of honey

Cuvée Le Caractère M is their prestige bottling—100% Chardonnay from the oldest vines (planted 1964)

a touch of caramel and gentian

soft caramel

Dhondt-Grellet, Champagne Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru 'Cramant', NV [2022] champagne-template and toasted almonds lead intoAdrien Dhondt Grellet is one of the standard bearers of the grower Champagne movement, farming his family's plots organically and biodynamically, plowing by horse, and making wine like a Burgundian: barrel fermented with native yeasts, full malolactic, no fining or filtration. This bottling is 100% Chardonnay from the Grand Cru village of Cramant, drawn largely from the lieu dit La Garenne, so it carries Cramant's hallmark chalky finesse and salinity