HPS Top 20

10. Jean Laurent Blanc de Noirs NV $50 - $62

Gold. Light. Eternal. Ephemeral. These describe the wines of Jean Laurent. Jean's family has been growing wine in the village of Celles-sur-Ource for more than 1,000 years. The estate is situated in the Aube, an outlying Champagne district south of Marne that shares the same chalky soils as the heart of Champagne and Chablis.

90 pts - Wine & Spirits, 12/08.
90 pts - Stephen Tanzer's Int Wine Cellar, 11/07.
93 pts - Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, 5/04.