The bright yellow NV Champagne Blanc De Blancs Les Terres Fines Extra Brut comes almost entirely from old vines (around 50 years old), grown in a mosaic of 0.4-hectare plots, with each bringing its own personality to the blend. The palate has notes of lemon custard, preserved apples, golden fruit, salinity, and sapidity. Medium to full-bodied, it has a more straight feel compared to the Roc Solare, but it also has more length and a long, savory profile, with a frothy mousse and a note of white pepper spice. 2.5 grams per liter dosage.
95+ points, Audrey Frick, Jeb Dunnuck (Dec 2025)
The new NV Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru Les Terres Fines is based on the 2022 vintage and was disgorged in January 2025 with a dosage of 1.5 grams per liter. A blend from Cuis and Grauves, aged in 228-liter barrels (around 25% new) and complemented by 30% wine from a perpetual reserve dating back to 1986, it soars from the glass with a bouquet of dried white flowers, lemon oil, peach, toasted bread and smoke. Full-bodied and concentrated, layered and slightly more incisive than Roc Solare of the same base, it is underpinned by racy acidity and an ample, structuring chalky extract. Adrien recalls 2022 as an easy vintage—hot and dry, without disease pressure—offering a marked stylistic contrast to the chiseled wines produced in 2021.
95 points, Kristaps Karklins, Wine Advocate (Mar 2026)
Dhondt's second non-vintage cuvée focuses on the cool, north-facing villages of Cuis and Grauves on the back face of the Côte des Blancs, and is accordingly a little stricter and narrower than the Roc Solare cuvée. This is certainly evident in the cool 2021 season, although the domaine's characteristically expressive style means the end result is beautifully focused rather than angular, as the year can sometimes prove. Two-thirds of the wine sees oak vinification (the other third comes from a perpetual reserve), and this adds a heady nutmeg spice to deep tangerine, grapefruit, dried lime and tangy apricot fruit, packed with flavour, driving length and chalky bitterness. It's a slight step up in detail and drive over Roc Solare, and a high point in terms of value in the range.
94 points, Tom Hewson, Decanter (Sep 2025)
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