Francis Boulard Les Murgiers Brut Nature Champagne NV

Organic / Biodynamic

2017 Base. 70% Meunier/25% Chardonnay/5% Pinot Noir. Fruit for Les Murgiers comes from plots in two Right-Bank villages west of Cumières in the Vallée de la Marne—Cuchery and Belval-sous-Chatillon—where heavy clay marl soils marly clay-limestone soils favor Meunier. “Les Murgiers” are the local, traditional vineyard walls built from river stones dug up to make way for planting. The wine was disgorged in 2020 and finished with zero dosage.

93 pts Vinous
The NV (2017) Brut Nature Les Murgiers is another fabulous wine in this range. There is an element of transparency to the Murgiers that is just compelling. Dried orchard fruit, chamomile, mint and spice are some of the many aromas and flavors that take shape in this beautifully translucent, weightless Champagne. The Murgiers is a Brut Nature, but the lack of dosage is not especially apparent because the wine is so impeccably balanced.