Thienot
Champagne Brut
NV

About

The producer

Champagne house Thienot was established in Reims, in 1985, by Alain Thienot. Today the house is run by Alain’s sons, Stanislas and daughter Garance. The majority of fruit is sourced from grand cru vineyards and handled meticulously to produce the linear and lively style – with depth and complexity – for which the house is famous. Today Thienot also owns other champagne houses Canard Duchene and Joseph Perrier.

The wine

The Thiénot NV Brut Champagne combines crisp and fruity flavours, creating a finely balanced wine. With a focus on zingy acidity and lemon crispness, it contrasts with the riper notes of apple and pear. Leaning towards the drier side of Brut and highlighted by a lively mousse, this wine is ideal for an apéritif​.

Information

Critics Scores

We choose our wines based on a range of criteria (see how we choose our wines) of which critic scores is just one. Rather than simply highlight the best score to promote a wine, our average critic score is calculated from the scores provided by several respected wine critics, who we follow for specific regions. They do not represent all critic scores and, wherever possible, we try and give more weight to more recent reviews. Where appropriate we consider market-based scores like Global Wine Score or Wine Searcher Average scores.

As a rule, we look to offer wines that achieve a 92/100 average critic score or better and frankly a lot of very good wines simply don’t make the cut. As a high-end provider we want to reflect that positioning in the quality of wines we offer. Such wines are only a tiny fraction of those generally on offer in the market. We believe that an average score is a more conservative and representative approach, but it is still subjective and only offered as a guide to our customers, who will (and should) do their own research. We will add individual critic scores to our website in the future.