John Gilman: 93 Points
The brand new release of Vincent Laval’s Cumières non-vintage bottling is from the 2022 vintage. It has been released here in the US one year earlier than customary, as Vincent simply did not produce this cuvée in the challenging year of 2021. So the 2022 Base Year version has arrived here in the states with twelve months less aging sur lattes than is customary, though there will be a second tranche of the same wine released next fall with its usual time aging on the fine lees prior to disgorgement. The newly arrived release was disgorged on the last day of August of 2024. The wine is still very young (and I tasted it right off of the boat) and deserves a bit of time to settle in prior to opening, but its pedigree is already very easy to see. The bouquet wafts from the glass in a mix of nectarine, passion fruit, brioche, chalky soil tones and a gently musky floral topnote. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and still quite brisk structurally, with a lovely core of fruit, good soil undertow, elegant mousse and a long, nascently complex, well balanced and zesty finish. I would at least wait until the spring of next year to start popping bottles, but Laval fans have been know to be a thirsty lot when the new arrivals hit the market! 2025-2055.
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