Features

• Origin: Le Mesnil-sur-Oger (Grand Cru), Côte des Blancs – Champagne, France
• House: Franck Bonville
• Type: Vintage Blanc de Blancs Champagne – Single Plot
• Vintage: 2018
• Plots: Les Zailleux, Le Tilleul, Les Hautes Mottes
• Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay Grand Cru
• Vinification: Stainless steel – malolactic fermentation carried out
• Aging: 5 years on lees – cork closure
• Dosage: 3.33 g/l – Extra Brut
• Serving temperature: 9°C

Tasting notes

• Nose: Intense aromas of white flowers , lemon , green apple , evolving towards brioche and buttery notes.
• Palate: Creamy texture , refreshing acidity, ripe lemon , white peach and a finish of elegant minerality .

Pairings and tasting moments

Pur Mesnil 2018 is perfect as an aperitif or to accompany the start of a meal . It will enhance delicate dishes such as fine de claire oysters , sea bream ceviche or candied lemon risotto .

Product History

Created in 2012 by Olivier Bonville, the Pur Mesnil cuvée is part of a trilogy of single-plot cuvées dedicated to the most emblematic Grand Cru villages of the Côte des Blancs: Avize, Oger and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. This cuvée reveals the soul of the legendary terroir of Le Mesnil, renowned for its structure, its integrity and its exceptional aging potential.

Produced from three plots located at the bottom of the hillside—Les Zailleux, Le Tilleul, and Les Hautes Mottes—this champagne expresses the mineral rigor and chalky nobility specific to this village. The year 2018, after a rainy spring and a scorching summer, produced grapes of remarkable maturity and freshness. The choice of vinification in stainless steel vats preserves the purity of the fruit and the precision of the terroir.

After malolactic fermentation and prolonged aging on lees for 5 years, sealed with cork, this champagne reveals an elegant, precise profile, with a straight tension, a pure aroma, and a saline and persistent finish.

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Testimonials from our customers

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  “A distinguished, very mineral champagne. Perfect with shellfish.”
  — Laurent M., Lille
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  “Magnificent structure, candied lemon and chalky finish. Great precision.”
  — Isabelle T., Strasbourg

About Maison Franck Bonville

The Franck Bonville house , based in Avize, has embodied the art of Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru champagne for over a century. Founded in the early 1900s by Alfred Bonville, the house was born from a pioneering vision: to invest in the finest chalky terroirs of the Côte des Blancs. At that time, when Champagne was just emerging from phylloxera, Alfred believed in the potential of Chardonnay on the slopes of Avize and Oger.

In 1937, his son Franck expanded the Bonville Père & Fils estate, incorporating a wine press, a cellar, and a barrel cellar. The first vintages made from his grapes were produced after the war. In the 1960s and 1970s, the estate modernized its equipment, introducing stainless steel vat vinification while maintaining a plot-by-plot vinification process, which guaranteed the identity of the localities.

Since the 2000s, the 4th generation has been led by Olivier Bonville. He initiated a new winemaking philosophy, focused on the transparency of the terroir, the selection of the best plots and the creation of single-plot vintages such as Pur Oger , Pur Avize and Pur Mesnil . Today, the house cultivates around fifteen hectares, exclusively classified as Grand Cru, spread between Avize, Oger and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger.

The Bonville style is based on a clear signature: finesse, purity, mineral precision, and saline length. Vinification is natural, often in stainless steel, sometimes in barrels depending on the vintage. Long aging on lees and low dosages allow for the full subtlety of Champagne Chardonnay to be expressed.

Renowned for its consistency and elegance, the Franck Bonville house is one of the essential references for lovers of winemaker champagnes, combining heritage, high standards and excellence in each bottle.