Champagne Domaine Petit & Bajan Blanc de Noirs Obsidienne Brut Grand Cru NV
Petit & Bajan makes powerful, heady, and vinous styles of wine. There’s a “cult-y” quality to these wines – without the “cult-y” price!

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Why We Love It...
Oftentimes, love is sparked over a glass of Champagne…but every now and again…a Champagne is born from love. When Richard Petit and Véronique Bajan fell in love and married, they combined each of their family’s modest holdings to create one spectacular Grand Cru grower Champagne portfolio.
After a decade of marital bliss, Richard and Véronique Petit united Richard’s family’s holdings in Avize – prime chardonnay lots in the Côte des Blancs passed down for generations – with Véronique’s family holdings in Verzenay, where pinot noir reigns supreme in the Grand Cru lands of Montagne de Reims. This was 2008, and in the short time since, their reputation has grown considerably. It was Richard’s longtime neighbor, the legendary Anselme Selosse (who has run one of Champagne's foremost luxury houses, Jacques Selosse, since 1980), who served as their mentor as they transitioned from grape growers to grower-producers (a récoltant-manipulant). In the same vein as Selosse, they make Champagne from fully ripe grapes, producing full and hearty wines that excel with or without food.
This 100% pinot noir comes from Veronique and Richard’s estate vines in the Grand Cru village of Verzenay – one of the three original Grand Cru villages in Champagne. The pinot noir is grown in the clay and chalk soils of their parcels, and allowed to fully mature on the vine. Typically, it is their holdings, alongside Champagne Jacques Selosse, to begin their harvest last, often not even starting until a week or two after the other wineries have completely finished for the year. The grapes are immediately pressed and carefully fermented, with a finely-tuned selection of cultivated yeasts and bacteria to incite both primary and secondary fermentations. After prolonged aging of the base wine in barrel, the wine spends three years on the lees before disgorgement and a light dosage of three grams per liter, and then followed by an additional 72 months on the lees before release. As such, this release utilizes a base wine of the 2014 vintage, with noticeable development over the 10 years since harvest. A disgorgement of July 2021 has given this plenty of time on the cork, adding even further levels of depth and complexity to this delectable bubbly!
The wine’s aromas are deep and warm, with raspberries, alpine strawberries, and red cherries melded with black pepper, clove, and nutmeg. Similar berry and cherry notes are found amongst the flavors, with complementary notes of fresh-baked brioche, Tahitian vanilla, and more black pepper. The mouthfeel is creamy, rich, and velvety – a supple elegance carries the wine into a long and refined finish. The flavors will linger long after you swallow your sip, and pair perfectly with roast duck with cherry sauce.
This would seamlessly slide into a line-up of high-end Champagnes in the $250+ range, so how about you bring the Selosse, and I’ll bring this beauty and we’ll make a night of it! Deal?!?
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